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Kcp1319 (PA)
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After months of smelling a slight sewage odor in my house (built in 1922, vacant for five years before I moved in last spring) the odor recently worsened, prompting me to start digging in the basement to see what was going on. Before long I found a crevasse with visible still water. I revealed a large (maybe 8 or 10 inch) clay pipe with a rough hole in the side of it (about six inches in diameter) with a four inch pvc pipe pouring into it. Of course there is a gap of about two inches between the hole in the side of the clay and the pvc feeding into it. Most of the wastewater flowing down the pvc finds its way into the sewer pipe, but a decent amount flows out of the gap into the dirt under my house. No wonder the house has been stinking!
Because the clay pipe is very large, I'd really like to do everything I can to avoid cutting it, not to mention that I'm not finding any flexible connectors anywhere near big enough for this clay pipe. Is there a way I can use the hole in the side of the pipe to create a good seal with the pvc pipe feeding into the clay?
Is there such thing as a "saddle t" for this situation? Or any other fitting or trick that would work for this?
You can see a photo at the following link. Clay pipe flows horizontally across the photo from the right to left, and the pvc from the bathroom flows from the upper right.
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Thanks for any advice/suggestions!
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steve (CA)
Cut the pipe and install a wye. There should be rubber couplings available for the clay pipe. You just need to determine the true size of it.
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Author:
hj (AZ)
The real questinn is why is there such a large pipe inside the house. The largest, and even that is rare, would be a 6" clay pipe.
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Kcp1319 (PA)
My thoughts exactly. When I first found it I was shocked by the size of it, and was concerned that it was a 'main'. Good news seems to be that it only seems to get wet when I run my washer, and I'm not seeing the neighbor's waste flow through.
Anyway, I'll need to dig more to be able to measure the exact size of the pipe, but I'm almost positive it's bigger than a six inch pipe.
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packy (MA)
is it possible to expose the upstream end and push some 4 inch pvc thru it to pick up what ever it serves and at least use that end as a sleeve ?
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