solid
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Hi Everyone,
I started a project that consists of:
Upgrading a plastic flower pot sump pit to a Jackel unit with a lid.
Eliminate a "mysetery pipe" that would send washer suds into above mentioned sump pit.
Replace poured concrete laundry sink.
Replace all plumbing associated with above items.
This is a picture of what things looked like before I started this project:
The sump pump, utility sink, and washing machine all drained through that mess under the utility sink (only 1 trap on sink).
Here's what it looks like now:
Notice that weird circular hole on the far right? Well, I thought it was just a patch in the concrete (you can see it in the first picture that I posted), but I decided to chip away the concrete to investigate. Under a very thin layer of concrete was the bottom half of a broken glass bottle:
Here's what it looks like inside:
I'm guessing this is some sort of back flow preventer, or clean out? I was planing on replacing the original cast iron tee with PVC, but now, I'm wondering if I should just remove this while I'm doing all this work? What do you think? My plan is to have a professional plumber come and clean this section of drain, and instal the new pvc for me, and I will finish the concrete.
I started a project that consists of:
Upgrading a plastic flower pot sump pit to a Jackel unit with a lid.
Eliminate a "mysetery pipe" that would send washer suds into above mentioned sump pit.
Replace poured concrete laundry sink.
Replace all plumbing associated with above items.
This is a picture of what things looked like before I started this project:
The sump pump, utility sink, and washing machine all drained through that mess under the utility sink (only 1 trap on sink).
Here's what it looks like now:
Notice that weird circular hole on the far right? Well, I thought it was just a patch in the concrete (you can see it in the first picture that I posted), but I decided to chip away the concrete to investigate. Under a very thin layer of concrete was the bottom half of a broken glass bottle:
Here's what it looks like inside:
I'm guessing this is some sort of back flow preventer, or clean out? I was planing on replacing the original cast iron tee with PVC, but now, I'm wondering if I should just remove this while I'm doing all this work? What do you think? My plan is to have a professional plumber come and clean this section of drain, and instal the new pvc for me, and I will finish the concrete.