I have a sewage pit basin that I assumed was connected to the bathroom in my basement and the drain in the utility room for the furnace and water heater.
I haven't used the bathroom in the basement in many years and wanted to make sure everything was working right. I didn't pull the entire pit cover instead just the vent pipe to look in. What I noticed confused me so wanted to see if someone can shed some light for me.
I see a 4 inch drain which I believe is coming from the basement under that is some gravel and a stead flow of water coming out of it. I wasn't sure what that water was from? Water under the bottom slab and under the drain tiles maybe? If so would it make sense that dirty sewage water from the shower / toilet will be in the same basin?
The other interesting thing is i looked at the drain the furnace goes into, and vaccumed all the water out, it goes deaper then the 4 inch hole so I have no idea where that even goes to. I assume it doesn't just empty out under the house would it?
Here is a picture of my furnace drain and basin if that helps.
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I haven't used the bathroom in the basement in many years and wanted to make sure everything was working right. I didn't pull the entire pit cover instead just the vent pipe to look in. What I noticed confused me so wanted to see if someone can shed some light for me.
I see a 4 inch drain which I believe is coming from the basement under that is some gravel and a stead flow of water coming out of it. I wasn't sure what that water was from? Water under the bottom slab and under the drain tiles maybe? If so would it make sense that dirty sewage water from the shower / toilet will be in the same basin?
The other interesting thing is i looked at the drain the furnace goes into, and vaccumed all the water out, it goes deaper then the 4 inch hole so I have no idea where that even goes to. I assume it doesn't just empty out under the house would it?
Here is a picture of my furnace drain and basin if that helps.
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