sewer

Small bath, slab house, cesspool with field lines, good percolation. One toilet, one lavatory, one bathtub Bathtub is on one wall, toilet and lavatory on the opposite wall. The vent is on that wall as well, not with the tub. When it rains, sewer gas: Bought a meter to find source. Front of...

Just had a completely new sewer line installed made of PVC. I can now hear a sound coming from my shower drain. Not sure it’s flowing water, it’s a little like the sound of a seashell when you put it up to your ear. This is present even when there’s no water flowing or draining. I’ve checked all...

I am about to change out a toilet. While I have the old toilet removed, can I pour some fruit fly drain treatment down the toilet line? Or should I still pour it down a nearby sink (like I have done in the past)? Also, I have always used a regular wax ring when installing new toilets, but I now...

Long time lurker, first time poster. I discovered roots in our sewer main to the street during a camera inspection. The roots are small, and not really causing a problem at this time. Using a locator and wanting to avoid future problems, I dug up the area to find where the roots enter the...

Hey everyone, thank you in advance for any help or steering guidance you might provide on my issue. I've been noticing on and off again sewer smell from our HVAC ducts and traced it to the closet where the setup is housed in a finished basement. I've attached a couple photos here that show the...

Hi there, I'm laying out a bathroom sewer, I have a few wyes connecting sewer branches as well as vent branches. I know that the slope of the run needs to be 1/4"/ft. My question is, does the branch of the wye need to be turned up (22, 45, 60) and then rolled in the direction of the next fixture...

How-do, all. I've been working on replacing my failing clay sewer line (roots, roots, so dang many roots....) and am hoping the collective wisdom here can help me sort a couple things. My sewer line set-up is like this - working from the line outside the house to inside the house crawlspace...

Hi guys, long time lurker and first time poster. This forum has come up several times when I've researched DIY plumbing tasks so I thought it would be a good place to ask. I recently had a 2 way cleanout installed and then the plumber performed a camera inspection of the sewer lateral. The...

Hi , I had a section of sewer line replaced in the front yard, directly beside the house foundation. The depth is about 10 feet. I'm responsible for backfilling the hole, and I'm trying to determine the type of material to use. I've read recommendations for sand, gravel or soil, and I'm not sure...

Good evening. Twice now, I've snaked my ~98 year old sewer with a full 100 feet of snake, because I have water backing up in my basement after just a 4-5 minute shower. Both times, the 5/8" auto-feeding snake powered ahead with no issues both times. No roots, no apparent blockages, etc. Also...

A few years ago we added onto our house. The addition now sits on part of what was the backyard. The sewer clean out pipe is now covered by the addition, but it was capped off and relocated by a professional plumber. Each fall when the temperatures begin to drop a bad smell comes from that...

I'm trying to find in the UPC the right section to deal with a step or drop in a standard 4" sewer line, where the usual 1/4" per foot can't be maintained. I'm aware that making the entire line sloped steeper can cause problems with solids, but that a drop can solve the problem. What's the...

Good day everyone, I'd like to extend my sewer line to my new garage in the back of my house. I'm about to do the plumbing and drill a core hole in the foundation wall and I was wondering what would be the "best" way to connect everything so i don't screw this up. By looking at the pictures...

Tree roots got into my 1965-era iron sewer pipe so I'm replacing everything from the house to the street with 4" Schedule 40 PVC. I've trenched out to the City main and it appears that the connection of the old sewer line was made with concrete. How do I make the new connection? Chisel out...

I recently purchased a house built in the 1940s with some side sewer issues. Rather than digging in a couple spots at the back of the house to reline the problem segment and continue using the existing side sewer to the street, one bidder (which comes well recommended and reviewed) advised...

I building a one bed on bath unit in my backyard and connecting the sewer line from the unit back to my house. I had an inspector(young guy, pretty new at his job) come by today and fail me for the ~12" drop from the plumbing elevation under the slab on grade to transition to the elevation of...

I'm replacing a 70 year old sewer line at my residence. This line outside the structure is concrete pipe. I will be installing 4" schedule 40 PVC DWV. I've measured the fall and computed the grade for the existing line. It is 1%. This is allowable in my city for a replacement, if there is...

I am installing a bathroom in the basement I have to pump up to the drain. For lack of a better name the "Sewer Crock, pump" will need to be vented. Do I have to tie into and existing vent upstairs that runs to the attic-roof or can I tie into the sewer drain and use a wet vent ?

Hello, This is an update/new question from my last post. My home has old all copper DWV from 1960 and earlier, with even older cast iron at basement level-down, that I'm replacing with PVC. Plumbing noise isn't an issue; I really don't want to do expensive cast. The current copper has pinholing...

Hey guys. I need to share a little back story to give proper context of my issue with some upstairs very old plumbing. I live in an old farmhouse that was originally Mennonite-built in 1890. There was no indoor plumbing initially but the main floor bath was put in by my grandparents at some...