If you have water problems in your basement that you've been ignoring, there's a good chance you're losing up to half of your home's living space. For many, the simplest solution is to install a sump pump.
Flood alarm products include a sewer backup alarm built into a sewer backflow preventer valve.We show one at SEWAGE EJECTOR / GRINDER PUMPS Photo: a Backwater Alert alarm system installed at tne cleanout for a building maindrain, courtesy of Backwater Alert, cited below. [Click to enlarge ...
Sewer gases formed in the septic tank can return to a building interior by backing up from the septic tank inlet baffle and pipe to the building drain-waste-vent piping. Inside the building sewer gas (rotten egg or methane) smells may be observed:...
Thread the drain body into the drain flange until it stops turning. Slip the rubber washer up along the threads of the drain body and then screw on the lock nut. Use the pliers to tighten the nut enough to make putty ooze out from under the flange. Clean off the excess putty with a ...
Let’s talk perf pipe. Perf is short for perforated. It means the pipe is flexible and has premade holes for drainage. The way it works is professionals dig down to the bottom of your foundation and install perf pipe all the way around eventually directing it, in a trench, away from th...
Some stub-outs are there only for occasional use or to make future connections possible. For example, the waste pipe that runs between a house and the sewer or a septic tank usually has a cleanout fitting with a removable cap, and it's located on a stub-out somewhere in the yard. In...
If your sewer line is deeper than average or close to other utilities, expect to pay up to $24 per linear foot. Drain pipe replacement costs $200–$1,200, depending on the amount of piping you’re replacing, the location of the pipes, and how easy it is to access them. Sewer trap...
Buried in the yard:The sewer cleanout may be completely buried. Estimate where the drainage line is coming in and use a long screwdriver to penetrate about 1 inch into the ground, probing for the top of the pipe. This method is essentially trial and error, even with a good educated guess...
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