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I hope this is an ignorant question with a simple answer. I have a 1930s or 40s home. It is raised with an open crawl space. There is not much room to work underneath, but I was under it yesterday and saw a plumbing problem. It appears that the drain pipes are sealed to terra cotta, I suppose, with cement.
The problem is with a tub drain line goes to a drum trap, then iron pipe to plastic. The plastic ends just inside the bell of the clay pipe. The clay pipe is exiting the ground at an angle, probably close to 45 degrees. It is also, unfortunately, broken. There is no cement sealing it as seen in the other pipes. It is just all open. There is also not much of the clay projecting above the ground. Not any projecting above the ground, really, on the bottom/lower side.
This is obviously not a good situation. Can anyone suggest how I might seal this up? My first thought was to replace the plastic with a slightly longer length but include a 45 degree elbow so it projects into the clay a little more. After that, seal up with cement. I don't really have any idea how that latter thing, the cement part, is done.
The problem is with a tub drain line goes to a drum trap, then iron pipe to plastic. The plastic ends just inside the bell of the clay pipe. The clay pipe is exiting the ground at an angle, probably close to 45 degrees. It is also, unfortunately, broken. There is no cement sealing it as seen in the other pipes. It is just all open. There is also not much of the clay projecting above the ground. Not any projecting above the ground, really, on the bottom/lower side.
This is obviously not a good situation. Can anyone suggest how I might seal this up? My first thought was to replace the plastic with a slightly longer length but include a 45 degree elbow so it projects into the clay a little more. After that, seal up with cement. I don't really have any idea how that latter thing, the cement part, is done.