redbandit98
New Member
Hello everyone, this is my first post in the forum. I have a problem with a cleanout on my sewer drain. The cleanout would not bother me if it was in the back yard somewhere, but this thing is about 4 feet from my front door and right in the way. Its ugly and I have to mow around it. Everyone always asks what it is. When I first moved in it was covered up by a rosebush. There is another cleanout about 3 foot up the line towards the house that is not exposed like this one. Its flush with the ground. If I ever needed a cleanout, I could use that one. The only thing I can think of is maybe the yard YEARS ago was level to this thing and over the years has washed out. Anyways Im trying to figure out what to do with it. I Have an expansion plug in it now, when I first moved in it was open . It would fill up with leaves etc. I know the right thing to do to get rid of it would be to dig down to the main line and replace the cleanout with a coupling and bury back over it. I was wondering if there was any other way around this. I was thinking of making an iron cap for it and maybe drilling and tapping the pipe for some set screws. I guess the other alternative would be too cut the bell end off and try to have someone in town come out with a threading machine and thread it so I could screw a cap on it and bury over it. I am not a plumber so I dont know if thats even a possibility. Being as the pipe has the bell, it may not be a standard size so you couldnt thread it. Im just open to suggestions other than having to remove the actual cleanout from the main line. If I could dig down and just cap it off in a good, decent manner I would do that. Thanks a lot for any suggestions.. Here is a pic of it.