Concrete in conduit

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Does anyone have any suggestions on removing concrete from PVC conduit. I have a light pole base with 1" PVC and somehow concrete got in the 90. We have tried the vacuum method and have tried the fish tape on the drill motor method but still no success. I have read that possibly drain cleaner or coca cola may work but wanted some more opinions. Thanks
 
+ 1 for the muriatic, just make sure you wear gloves and goggles that is some nasssty stuff to get on yourself.
 
Does anyone have any suggestions on removing concrete from PVC conduit. I have a light pole base with 1" PVC and somehow concrete got in the 90. We have tried the vacuum method and have tried the fish tape on the drill motor method but still no success. I have read that possibly drain cleaner or coca cola may work but wanted some more opinions. Thanks
Would it not be easier (and cheaper) just to replace the affected section of conduit?
 
Would it not be easier (and cheaper) just to replace the affection of conduit?
Probably not cheaper, unless maybe a small residential light pole with no driveways/sidewalks around it.

Commercial parking lot lighting pole base, probably worth trying some of the suggestions, especially if in middle of already paved lot.
 
Haven't done that stuff since I was an apprentice, but I remember they used muriatic acid. I don't remember how much, how long, or how successful.
 
Concrete in conduit

Ran into this years ago on a new Building addition. We hoped that it was a small plug of Concreted. It wasn't. We purchased one of the inexpensive Hand Held Drain Snakes. The type that is a Coiled Steel cable like an old Choke Cable. We cut the large end off the Drain Snake and kept trying to poke through the Conduit like there was a snag during a wire pull. After a couple of hours, the Concreted Plug cracked and broke. We used a Shop Vac to pull the chips out of the pipe then kept ramming until all of it came out.

I like the idea of Muriatic Acid, it is used to clean Concrete so it may work or help. The only caution other than PPE type protection is that the Fumes or Vapor from the Acid is Corrosive and you could cause unwanted Rust / Corrosion within several feet of it's use inside a Building. Once you get the Concrete out, dilute the Acid with plenty of water. At that point, the Conduit can be treated like a flooded Construction issue.

Good luck, nothing like tearing up a new Slab to re-run a Conduit.
JimO
 
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