I m getting some confidence in doing some plumbing.
Pipe sticking out of basement floor.
Supashaun co so i moved our water softner to a new location and i added a second sink in my kid s bathroom.
Many years ago older eavestrough downspouts used to drain through the foundation or exterior walls and empty into a short stack sticking a few feet out of the basement floor slab.
I d cut the pipe even right below the crack and glue a cap on it.
Employ these tips in conjunction with any type of basement drain to reduce help keep your basement dry.
We have 4 inch closed pipes sticking out of our basement cement floor.
Me fixing my sewer drain pipe under my basement floor.
Though i also have a stubbed out drain for a sink and bath tube close by.
I know it s rough plumbing but i don t know what each of them do.
Took a gentle sniff and it didnt smell like anything no gas no oil no septic smells.
I have been moving old tables around in the basement came upon a strange 1 5 in pipe sticking straight up from the basement floor about 2 5 ft tall.
They are about 4 inches high and seem to have a cap on but have been painted over.
There is also a large 15 in diameter hole in read more.
Me fixing my sewer drain pipe under my basement floor.
It seems to me like it would be creating an underground vacuum outside of the house while leaving the area directly under the basement floor where the radon.
I have one of these sticking out in my basement.
It may be a stubbed out pipe for a future toilet that is plumbed to either the sewage line or an underground sewage waste tank.
The top of the pipe has course threading.
A radon fan would draw air up through the basement floor but that air is coming through a non perforated pipe which goes down 4 feet and immediately elbows out through the frost wall.
Insulation had been stuffed down it so i went and pulled it out.