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  1. jbrukardt

    Water flows up vent stack, rather than out waste pipe (kitchen sink)

    Just got back in town to work on it again. That pressure 90 you said to replace will be coming out, and I can try to snake it from there as a a straight shot. The vent its very similar to how the toilet vent is set up in that picture. It doesn't go into a more complex stack though. Just...
  2. jbrukardt

    Water flows up vent stack, rather than out waste pipe (kitchen sink)

    Thank you Terry, Unfortunately the way the house is built, drilling a hole above or in line with the p trap would put the exit right into an oil tank. I just copied the existing design when i replaced the piping (often not a wise thing to do), and by my very brief research, it looks like that...
  3. jbrukardt

    Water flows up vent stack, rather than out waste pipe (kitchen sink)

    ok, thats good advice. Thank you. All those are right by the drain and fairly easily replaced. but thats not where the clog is. The one turn way way down another 30 feet by the main sewer stack is a long sweep, so im good down there. Theres only one water pressure 90 in the whole thing...
  4. jbrukardt

    Water flows up vent stack, rather than out waste pipe (kitchen sink)

    also, nothing came gushing out the pipe when i cut it away and replaced the wye.
  5. jbrukardt

    Water flows up vent stack, rather than out waste pipe (kitchen sink)

    although one of the tests i did would seem to contraindicate the septic issue. I put a shopvac on the drain, and it sucks whatever water i put in out (measured), but no more, and no less. And no sewery seeming water. I put clean water in, i get clean water out.
  6. jbrukardt

    Water flows up vent stack, rather than out waste pipe (kitchen sink)

    A = no, no water coming out of the cleanout when the upstairs shower, sink, or toilet are run. I am about due for a septic cleanout, its been about 5 years in a single person household.
  7. jbrukardt

    Water flows up vent stack, rather than out waste pipe (kitchen sink)

    I have the strangest problem. Water is willfully ignoring the path of least resistance, and rising up almost 12 inches to flow out a vent stack cleanout instead of down the drain. Long story short, my kitchen sink has a brand new drain pipe (1.5 inch pvc) that i put in myself about a year...
  8. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    I see why he could think it was dug with how it looks through
  9. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    Managed to get the original well company to bring a pump truck out. About 50% price reduction. 900 dollars for the whole fill.
  10. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    Good news, company that drilled the well is still in business. Will see when they give me a call back if theyre decent. Any particular justification i should use when trying to get them to support their work?
  11. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    Just called milby right before i got this, got a quote of around 13. Better. Still around 1800 bucks though. Ill keep calling drilling companies, hopefully can get someone that can mix and pump. like i said, no dice at all so far. Will check the well cap today, see if the company is...
  12. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    bentonite swells, so that might offset the subsidence? That said, im getting about half a yard extra, so i can refill as it subsides. Iv'e called 4 well companies here so far to try to find a bentonite source. Three didnt even know what bentonite was, and one quoted me 33 a bag.
  13. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    understood. Looks like im definitely on the route to a "solid" solution, whether that be hole-plug or a poured grout.
  14. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    id considered just filling it with #57 gravel. But this is the home i plan to stay in for a long long time, so i want to ensure i do things right.
  15. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    aha, 10-4. I thought that might be what you meant. I can do that. Yeah, hole-plug is called "chip bentonite" around here i think, same price per bag. Need 150 bags or so.
  16. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    I did that myself somewhat, and found no leaks, at least down to 21 feet where the erosion stops. the casing looks dusty and dry, and at the bottom of the eroded pit, its only moist, no standing water. Now, it could be leaking below the soil line. And yep, absolutely will get it tested...
  17. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    Just ran the calculations for volume, bentonite wont be that terrible i guess, about 1500 bucks for a 21 foot deep by 23 inch wide cylindrical hole
  18. jbrukardt

    Ground collapse/sinkhole around well casing

    I found a very serious problem at my home the other day, which I have owned about 5 years. The soil around my well casing has caved in massively. At least 1.5 feet out on all sides of the casing, with maybe a 10 inches of soil as a cap over the hole. Its a massive safety risk, and with enough...
  19. jbrukardt

    Well pressure tank: fittings leaking

    when i redo it, im going to try to transition everything over to brass-brass as best possible. Im having trouble finding 1 inch brass transition fittings though, especially in polypipe barbed > NPT female (found a male, but then cant find CPVC slip to 1 inch NPT male).
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