I'm planning on adding an ABS wye into an iron pipe sewer line (lateral) because my present cleanout is no longer accessable. It's 2ft below the surface of a lawn, just outside my foundation. I'm going to use Fernco rubber coupling to make the transitions.
I am concerned about roots working their way in through the Fernco. I recently observed a street repair to a lateral where a street repair contractor patched a section of an iron pipe sewer line they damaged while digging in the street. They used plastic and Fernco couplings and then encased it in concrete. When I inquired as to why they poured concrete they said it was to stabilize that section of pipe in the roadbed.
I would like to know if it is a good or bad idea, and why, if I were to pour some concrete around the area of the couplings of my cleanout to keep roots from entering the line at the Frenco couplings. I don't want to do something dumb but I don't see how this would be a bad idea.
thanks, jon
I am concerned about roots working their way in through the Fernco. I recently observed a street repair to a lateral where a street repair contractor patched a section of an iron pipe sewer line they damaged while digging in the street. They used plastic and Fernco couplings and then encased it in concrete. When I inquired as to why they poured concrete they said it was to stabilize that section of pipe in the roadbed.
I would like to know if it is a good or bad idea, and why, if I were to pour some concrete around the area of the couplings of my cleanout to keep roots from entering the line at the Frenco couplings. I don't want to do something dumb but I don't see how this would be a bad idea.
thanks, jon