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    Roots in 6"pipe....options to clean from 4" basement drain access?

    I second Root X. I bought a house where the drain field is the back yard. The previous owner had planted 4 clump birch trees in the drsining field. I was concerned about the roots and dumped Root X in the drain field. Killed everyone of the birch trees. Because my property is surrounded by...
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    Drain pipe separated from coupling

    Attached is a picture of the 2 pipes and how they meet. You can see how far off the angle is. For a temporary fix, I used the right coupler. I chipped away enough cement to glue a fitting. However, I would rather use the coupler in your picture which I am temporarily using and then...
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    Drain pipe separated from coupling

    I am currently chipping away. It is taking a lot longer then 10 minutes. It is as hard as a rock. At first it would break away but as I go into the stuff, it isn't chipping so easily and then you have to be very careful of the pipe.
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    Drain pipe separated from coupling

    I looked at a 4" coupler and the pipe is inserted 1 3/4" into the coupler. If the pipe only goes in 1 1/4" and is 1/2" short of going in all the way, is this still acceptable? If only a longer piece of pipe extended out from the wall.
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    Drain pipe separated from coupling

    I see what you are saying. The other problem is that the PVC pipe out from the wall only comes out a short distance. The distance is less on the top versus the bottom because of the angle. To glue a 90 on it, I will have to chip away at the hydraulic cement as it protrudes out from the wall...
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    Drain pipe separated from coupling

    Also, the pipe being painted is a pain. I did try some acetone and the paint does come off but not very easily.
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    Drain pipe separated from coupling

    The pipes can't be pushed up because it pushes the pipe as it runs along the wall right to the wall and there is not much gap between the wall and pipe. It could have dropped down as the is only one support strap at the 45 of the pipe where it goes away from the wall to mate with the clean out...
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    Drain pipe separated from coupling

    I have a septic system that drains out from the basement wall. The drain pipe follows the wall and then goes down a long radius clean out and connects to a "no hub coupling" that connects to the pipe that exists the basement wall to the holding tank. The pipe end from the clean out tee pulled...
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    Black particles in water

    The wrapping of the pipe is what they mentioned also. Hopefully this will work but even with the previous pipe not wrapped, It went 22 years before it happened. I will add a little more to this discussion. When we pulled the pump, they had a 1.5 HP pump in stock with them. However, I...
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    Black particles in water

    He ran the well for about 30 minutes during which time we tested the GPM that the pump is rated at for our depth. They did this about 5 times by filling up a bucket and timing it and it seemed the water was clear as far as I could tell. I then ran the well for about 6 hours using a outside...
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    Black particles in water

    Speedbump, Thanks for responding back with my questions. :) How my previous set up was that even though the 1.5HP motor/pump has a check valve installed in it I believe, the well installers I have talked to still use a external check valve. I have roughly 280' of galvanized piping in 21'...
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    Black particles in water

    I would like to add to this discussion. We had our well go out in the fact that the galvanized pipe that connected to the check valve upstream of the motor/pump burst. On the threads of the Galvanized piping, a 3/8" hole formed causing the water to no longer pump up. In fact the loss of...
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