Leesouthern
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I've searched the threads here and I seem to have a unique problem...
I moved into this 20 year old house 6 years ago, and have just removed the lid from the sewage pit for the first time. It seems that the plumber couldn't figure out how to connect the drain from the main floor and from the basement bathroom & laundry through the same drain hole on the tank, so he hooked up the basement drain to the drain hole and made a new hole for the main floor drain.
It looks like the second hole was originally sealed with cement, which has since fallen out into the pit. I can see water from the main drain is leaking outside of the pit, and I'm pretty sure groundwater is leaking back into the pit too.
It seems I have two options:
1. tie the basemnet and main drains together and replace the pit
2. try to seal this hole somehow.
Obviously option 2 would be much cheaper and easier, but what could I seal the hole with? The gap is over an inch wide in places.
Can this hole be sealed?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I moved into this 20 year old house 6 years ago, and have just removed the lid from the sewage pit for the first time. It seems that the plumber couldn't figure out how to connect the drain from the main floor and from the basement bathroom & laundry through the same drain hole on the tank, so he hooked up the basement drain to the drain hole and made a new hole for the main floor drain.
It looks like the second hole was originally sealed with cement, which has since fallen out into the pit. I can see water from the main drain is leaking outside of the pit, and I'm pretty sure groundwater is leaking back into the pit too.
It seems I have two options:
1. tie the basemnet and main drains together and replace the pit
2. try to seal this hole somehow.
Obviously option 2 would be much cheaper and easier, but what could I seal the hole with? The gap is over an inch wide in places.
Can this hole be sealed?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!