CapstanRec
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My main cast iron stack ties into an upside down wye which connects to a hub and piece of cast entering the ground at a 45 degree angle. This ties into my main sewer line somewhere downstream. The straight side of the wye had a cracked (in half) cleanout cover. As a result, from time to time I've been able to smell sewer gases.
I want to remove the cleanout and the small piece cast iron nipple in the hub. I carefully removed the lead and okum in the wye hub. I can now see down around the nipple into the hub. But the piece won't budge. The inner wall of the nipple is very rusted and hard to see exactly where it stops and where the inner wall of wye starts. Any ideas how to get the cleanout nipple out?
It was too dark to take pictures last. Will do so today or tomorrow.
I want to remove the cleanout and the small piece cast iron nipple in the hub. I carefully removed the lead and okum in the wye hub. I can now see down around the nipple into the hub. But the piece won't budge. The inner wall of the nipple is very rusted and hard to see exactly where it stops and where the inner wall of wye starts. Any ideas how to get the cleanout nipple out?
It was too dark to take pictures last. Will do so today or tomorrow.
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