Don't know what I'm looking at...

[Richrc1131]

Maybe you guys can identify what I'm looking at. I don't have a pic. Here's the story:

• Very old house
• Main line was clogged
• Plumbers wanted insane amounts to dig up my front yard
• I did it myself
• Discovered that a vertical pipe (clay) had shattered under pressure from all of the rocks that gathered around it over the decades.
• The last plumber that came out snaked from there to the sewer and the lines unclogged.
• He also installed a vertical pvc pipe the extends a few inches above ground.

What is that pipe for?

 

[Jadnashua]

I'm assuming that vertical section has a cap on it? It is likely a cleanout. It gives easy access to the main line to clean it out rather than having to do it from inside of the house.

 

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[Richrc1131]

Oh ok

That makes sense. Now wifey wants me to make it less noticeable. Yeah right. Thanks for the quick response.

 

[Jadnashua]

Hollow landscape rock...hides all sorts of things, comes in various sizes. Depending on the brand, some are fiberglass, some plastic, some stone composite.

 

[Krow]

Now is a good oppurtunity for you to get in gardening mode. Plant some flowers or shrubs around it

 

[Redwood]

Just make sure that a drain cleaning outfit is still able to use it!