MaggieMae
Active Member
Hey there,
Am happy to find this forum today. Hoping for some expertise on my current catastrophe (well, one of : ) . OKay, so in 2013-14, the city connected my neighborhood, with houses built mostly in the 1950's using septic tanks, to the city's system. City hired a contractor, and local plumbing company, and the county inspected on completion. Fast forward to 2019=20 when my bathroom tub started to drain slow, toilet would sometimes clog as well. I was fortunate to have a friend who'd been a plumber once who helped me diagnose what was causing this. We ended up digging up the connection the city had installed (about six feet or so from my house drain) and found what you see in the photo. The connection had warped, was leaking, and had no slope. Now I understand over six years, some wear and tear is inevitable, however using a level we found there was zero slope) The clog that we thought was only due to this city installed connection f'up was SIX FEET LONG!!! Took us several ideas between us til almost at the same time, we came up with "high pressure hot water", and for a few hours. It worked and so we made a much better connection (temporary) and all was well for a couple of months. So then, same thing happened. This time we dug up the connection from the pipe to the cleanout (another 12 feet or so) and found what I'll show you in the next photos....If you've read this far, let me know what you think or make a guess....then I'll post more photos. Much appreciation in advance.
Am happy to find this forum today. Hoping for some expertise on my current catastrophe (well, one of : ) . OKay, so in 2013-14, the city connected my neighborhood, with houses built mostly in the 1950's using septic tanks, to the city's system. City hired a contractor, and local plumbing company, and the county inspected on completion. Fast forward to 2019=20 when my bathroom tub started to drain slow, toilet would sometimes clog as well. I was fortunate to have a friend who'd been a plumber once who helped me diagnose what was causing this. We ended up digging up the connection the city had installed (about six feet or so from my house drain) and found what you see in the photo. The connection had warped, was leaking, and had no slope. Now I understand over six years, some wear and tear is inevitable, however using a level we found there was zero slope) The clog that we thought was only due to this city installed connection f'up was SIX FEET LONG!!! Took us several ideas between us til almost at the same time, we came up with "high pressure hot water", and for a few hours. It worked and so we made a much better connection (temporary) and all was well for a couple of months. So then, same thing happened. This time we dug up the connection from the pipe to the cleanout (another 12 feet or so) and found what I'll show you in the next photos....If you've read this far, let me know what you think or make a guess....then I'll post more photos. Much appreciation in advance.