The plumber said they would dig my yard up and cut my pipes with a price starting at $500! If anyone knows any tricks please share:) By the way the plumber has not even seen it yet.
2007-11-02 06:30:11 · 6 answers · asked by c_carrera2000 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
OK to be more exact, someone stepped on the cap to the clean out and it broke into pieces and fell into the clean out pipe which is a 4" PCV pipe. Water still flows through, just slower and when I do laundry (which forces alot of water in it at once) it over flows into my shower. Everything else works fine, so I am assuming(because I can't see down into the hole it is pretty deep) that there is just a piece or two blocking part of the hole. Thanks so far for all your answers!
2007-11-02 09:26:18 · update #1
If I understand you, the pieces of the clean out cap is down in the main drain line, so any large amounts of water draining comes up in your shower. Find yourself a rental outlet that you can rent a sewer snake and run it down the line to the main city sewer line. Let the people at the rental outlet know what you are going to do so they give you the right size sewer snake to use to clear the line. Would also be helpful if you knew how many feet it was from the clean out to the main sewer line, so you have the right amount of snake to reach the line. Good Luck- forget the plumber in this case you should be able to do it yourself.
2007-11-02 16:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm gonna go with JOE on this one. First of all; you probably should define broken. That would help us. Secondly; you should report the plumber, to an agency governing fair trades practices.
Without strictly knowing the substance of your plumbing; or the CAP; IE" PVC or galvanized pipe; the clean out plug; often a threaded 4 inch diameter cap; that screws down into a "Y" or "T" coupling; has a square protrusion on it; allowing that it can be removed with a crescent wrench; etc. You might want to define "STUCK" also.
Obviously they can become "Stuck" even NOT broken. But hopefully the original plumbing contractor didn't use PVC cement (if it is PVC) AND/OR if it's galvanized you can find chemical dissolvers for build ups causing the STICKING.
In any case YOU didn't mention that any other sections of the plumbing were cracked. BTW... If it's PVC; you could do the same as the plumber.
No offense to any plumbers who might answer; but I've been in the trades for a very long time. I might enjoy being a Gypsy but I've never considered being a Pirate.
Steven Wolf
Again; I guess I wonder of how BROKEN is defined; as well as STUCK. Did someone grind it with a grass cutter?
2007-11-02 08:34:09 · answer #2 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately the plumber is right. Since main lines are out side they usually have to dig holes or break concrete. Unfortuantely plumbers are expensive. I don't know where you live but here in Illinois only a licensed plubmer can do that. The city will fine you and shut down the work site.
2007-11-02 06:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where I live the home owner can repair a broken 'clean-out' down pipe. The repair is easy using a rubber boot(connector) & 2 clamps. Just dig down enough to find the end of the pipe. It shouldn't be very far... If for some chance it has broken at the main, then call the plumber...
2007-11-02 07:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by flea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean Out Cap
2016-11-09 23:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Digging the hole is the hardest part to fixing your problem. After you cut the pipe in two places to get the clean-out plug out, replace the same pipe using fernco couplings. It's rubber boot that will slip over both sides of the cut ends, and tighten the clamps. You will need 2 fernco couplings. The clamps look like a raidator clamp that goes on a car.
2016-03-22 18:31:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it just the screw on cap thats broke? If so use a chisel and hammer. Tap it in a counter clockwise direction. Then be sure to replace the cap with the proper style cap.
2007-11-02 07:28:14 · answer #7 · answered by ugly joe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it is just the cap/plug and it is visible, no digging should be needed. Take a hammer and chisel and place the corner of the chisel on the outermost part of the cap/plug and tap it with the hammer, counter-clockwise. It should come off.
2007-11-02 08:34:28 · answer #8 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-04 11:14:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To prevent this from happening in the future, you could install a cleanout protector, something like www.sewer-saver.net .
2016-07-16 02:46:20 · answer #10 · answered by J J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋