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Cutting Plastic Pipe with String

Video, Plumbing, Tools & Hardware Published 07/18/2008 by Joe Truini



You don’t have to dig a big hole in your yard to cut a piece of plastic PVC pipe that’s buried in the ground. Instead, dig around it just enough to slip a piece of thin nylon string under the pipe and attach each end of the string to a wooden handle. Holding a handle in each hand, pull the string tight and use a back and forth sawing motion to cut through the pipe.


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