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[hondaracer2oo4]

So I built a new garage and had to move my boiler. I just dug the trench today and dropped the logstor in the trench. As anyone who has worked with logstor knows it's a bear to bend. So I have two lines coming into the back of the boiler. I have tied a rope on the pipe about 6 feet apart and then used that to pull the pipe into a curve and then tied it off so it's curved up out of the ditch to the point where it comes up through where the pad will go. My question is does anyone see a problem it just pouring the pad right around the lines so that it locks them in place? I was planning to have a small form section that went around the pipes to keep the cement away from them but the lines are so difficult to wrangle that I figured I could just pour the pad to lock them in place.

[slimjim]

a sleeve works the best in case you ever want to move the system!

[juddspaintballs]

I poured mine directly in with the slab, then cut the outer sheath down to about 1/2" taller than the slab to eliminate any moisture seeping in. 

[mlappin]

 A piece of 6” PVC would make an adequate sleeve, or even a small bucket with the end cut out.

[hondaracer2oo4]

I'll see if I can find some 6 inch pvc tomorrow.