Cutting Plastic Pipe with String

Plumbing, Simple Solutions, Tools & Hardware, Video 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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One Response to “Cutting Plastic Pipe with String”

  1. John Buck Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 11:39 am

    Fantastic method. I did not know that nylon cord was abrasive enough to cut through plastic pipe.
    I have a vertical piece of 2″ pipe to cut and I don’t want to cut up the sub flooring. I am replacing the shower pan in our bath room and the old pipe was leaded into the old shower pan. I’ve got to figure out a way to cut this pipe while working through a 6″ hole in the sub floor.
    Thanks for the string idea. Great!

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