Joseph Skoler
Member
My basement floor is approximately 7’ below grade and is poured concrete.
In one corner is a square opening, approximately 20” square.
I assumed it was a sump pit.
I cleaned out the accumulated dirt, stone, debris and assorted crap from years of neglect and discovered 2 old cast iron 6” pipes.
Over the past year I gut renovated this house and installed all new piping, including the main drain that exits the building. That’s my way of saying that I have no idea what the discovered pipes used to do (or where they used to go) but they are definetly not in use now. They did have what at some point in the past was poop in them (truly years since there was a working bathroom in the house).
So, my question is: what do I do with this situation? Fill the pipes with something and use the pit for a sump pump? Pour a few inches of concrete on the bottom of the pit first? Something else?
In one corner is a square opening, approximately 20” square.
I assumed it was a sump pit.
I cleaned out the accumulated dirt, stone, debris and assorted crap from years of neglect and discovered 2 old cast iron 6” pipes.
Over the past year I gut renovated this house and installed all new piping, including the main drain that exits the building. That’s my way of saying that I have no idea what the discovered pipes used to do (or where they used to go) but they are definetly not in use now. They did have what at some point in the past was poop in them (truly years since there was a working bathroom in the house).
So, my question is: what do I do with this situation? Fill the pipes with something and use the pit for a sump pump? Pour a few inches of concrete on the bottom of the pit first? Something else?