Frybread Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I am sure we have some people out there with some great ideas on keeping wires safe. I moved my display to a whole new location this year and it is causing me to cross the driveway in several places. There is a main spot coming off the road and a circle drive in front of the house. Then a Y that goes around back. I need to cross wires over each of these location. I had thought about splitting some 3" or 4" PVC pipe and anchor it on both ends. How are other people handling this? Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I think I would use 2x4's spaced about 3 or 4 inches apart and run the wires in that space. You may want to use a couple of 1x's nailed or screwed to the top side of the 2"x's to keep them in place. Let your 2"x4"s go past the concrete paving with a holed drilled in the ends and run a spike through the holes into the ground to keep them from sliding when driven over. Use as many as needed to get all you wires across your paving. I wouldn't over load the spacing. That's just my thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viennaxmas Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001VMQ1T0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LORisAwesome Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Can you put the wires into an expansion joint, then cover with duct tape? Should be fairly easy to do unless you have a lot of wires.... Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbus27 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 What I do is I chip out some of the expansion joint fiber (that black stuff) then I duck tape my cord to a piece of re bar and stake it on both ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viennaxmas Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 If you plan to keep doing this every year, you may want to run some pipes under your drive way. I run some irrigation pipes using this method over the summer: http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/DIY-How-to-dig-under-a-pathway-s/6560.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrho170 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Decorative lit arches over driveway hold supporting cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983ss454 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Under the driveway on conduit or over in on an arch seem like the only good options depending on your location. Anywhere were there is the possibility of snow would defiantly not allow for anything on the driveway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I use ELLs and then you would need only power.. Expansion joint for that one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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