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alpdog14 (IL)
I had a question, my cement patio in my yard has a deep man-hole sewer. I was trying to determine exactly what it is for, because I have flushed all my toilets, rain all my sinks, etc but there never seems to be water flowing activity doing any of those. Here are some photos, can someone inform me what this man-hole sewer is used for:
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I do have some yard standing water issues and have sump pumped the standing water into this man-hole sewer and it never seems to fill up, it drains, so curious if I can connect a permanent pipe directly into the officially help my standing water issue.
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m & m (MD)
What is the approximate inside diameter of the cylinder? My only guess (ignoring the stamped "sewerage" on the lid) would be an abandoned well, or a dry well.
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alpdog14 (IL)
Hi m & m (MD), thank you for replying, so the inside diameter is 2ft exactly, so if it is an abandoned well or dry well, would it be safe to run a drainage pipe to it to drain my excess pooling water issue? Also would my city village have that type of record on file, like for my property and if there is this dry well or abandoned well?
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Wheelchair (IL)
A smoke test should reveal, its purpose. Was the house on Septic at one time?
Does your community have sewer system? Ask them, it might be their to inspect and ID.
Best Wishes
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packy (MA)
i don't see any inlet pipe or outlet pipe. just a big pit ???
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m & m (MD)
Which is what makes me think it's an old well. Whatever it is, there should be some kind of documentation on it somewhere.
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alpdog14 (IL)
So would my city hall of the village have that kind of documentation about my property? And actually there is some pipe at the very bottom of the well on left side, if you look at the photo you can kinda see it.
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m & m (MD)
Them or your county health department.
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alpdog14 (IL)
And actually there is some pipe at the very bottom of the well on left side, if you look at the photo you can kinda see it.
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packy (MA)
one pipe on the left. only one? why would there be a tank with only an inlet? or only an outlet?
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hj (AZ)
There appears to be an inlet, or outlet, elbow at the bottom of the pictures which is not in the photo, which leads me to think it might be a grease interceptor from the kitchen sink, especially since he is in IL and maybe in the Chicago area.
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chimneyman (NJ)
there is definitely two pipes , at the same level, touching each other, on the left......
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alpdog14 (IL)
So I never got this thing officially inspected but a friend said he says he believes it is a grease tramp thing as well, but I ran my kitchen sink, and I did not see any type of water flow come out, is it possible that it is decommissioned?
On a flip side to this, my yard has a standing water issue, where I have a drop tank that overfills at which point I drop my sump pump and because I do not have enough hose to go to the front of the house, I have pumped into this in the past, is that a problem, it never fills up, it just drains so I know it goes somewhere, i am thinking to the the main sewer system. So my main question from this original post is:
If I can connect an underground pipe from my tank to this sewer, if it is decommissioned and its goes to the main sewer system, is that legal?
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Wheelchair (IL)
I would get it "officially" inspected before you proceed with anything else. But that is must my opinion.
Best Wishes
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