Concealing a Sewer Cleanout Pipe
ChristineMac
10 months ago
We recently bought our home, but we have an unsightly white sewer cleanout pipe protruding from our front yard. Ideas on how to conceal it? Debating on adding a nice landscaped island area around it. Thanks!
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PROBeverlyFLADeziner
10 months agoThis is a perfect example of focusing on the wrong issue.
You have options:- Paint it a dark grey-green color to blend with your lawn, which needs attention.
- Create a planting bed to hide the pipe with tall perennials
- Cover it with a faux rock sold online.
Before I spend a dime on that, I'd paint the garage to diminish its appearance.
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Comments (4)Yes you may do as you plan, however, when you attach the new wye the side opening of the wye must be on to, in the vertical position and the discharge line from your pump must rise to an elevation above the gravity drain and discharge into the top of the gravity drain. The discharge line from the pump must have union to permit removing the pump for maintenance, and you must have a backflow preventer and a manual gate valve above the backflow preventer. The pump enclosure Must Have a dedicated vent to the roof. This vent may not be combined with any other vents in the structure. You must also maintain the required clearance from the cleanout opening to any wall, fixture or appurtenance to permit operating a drain cleaning machine....See MoreSewer Cleanout Cap
Comments (4)Careful here. That cleanout is in an open area in the floor. If you install an expanding test plug as was suggested above the threaded rod and nut on the plug would extend slightly above the floor surface and present a trip hazard. The same would be true if you installed a threaded sleeve and a conventional cleanout plug. In this case the Nut on the cleanout cap would also extend upwards above the floor, creating a trip hazard. The proper solution would be to cut the pipe flush with the floor, install a threaded sleeve flush with the floor, then install a cleanout cap with a recessed square wrench opening to insure there is nothing protruding above the floor line....See MoreSewer cleanout for backwash
Comments (10)The plumber will be tying into the cleanout with a deep well trap, which is, according to my understanding, the indirect connection. The tie in has to be at a cleanout as the actual sewer lines underground are terra cotta. This is a code requirement. I had to google "gray water line" to find out what it was, but no, this is not the case. This house was built in 1964, and the other cleanout is newer as it looks to have been installed when a bathroom was added on at the back of the house. What is hard to understand, is that the new cleanout had to have been extended from somewhere, I guess, because I cannot believe that this 2" cleanout within a 3" cast iron pipe was the only cleanout for a 3,000 sq.ft. house. We are calling another plumber for additional input and quote. Thank you....See MoreSewer Cleanout
Comments (3)Thanks for the reply. Logical reason why there would still be standing water. I left the house for a couple of hours and when I got back checked the clean-out and there was still standing water. I turned on all faucets and flushed the toilets and I could see water flowing. I just am worried about another break further down the line and the water is flowing out of the break under ground. Is this a realistic worry or would there be other symptoms if this was going on. Any help would be appreciated...Thanks...See More
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Mrs. Beasley
10 months agoWe have one too. You can still see it, but I don’t think it’s too noticeable with the grasses surrounding it. As an aside, some of the grasses and plantings are native, which is good for the pollinators, etc, and some are not. However, be mindful when purchasing grasses etc, that you buy the clumping, and not the spreading kind that take over everything.
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