Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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sburns
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Looks like you need to restock your wine.These are in my cold cellar…
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Can confirm…house still standing.
Oh Kevin…you dumb motherf….
Nice weeping tile you useless twat.
Found a magical 1” metal line. No clue what it is or what’s in it…seems empty and is all scratched up with holes (prob from our excavation).
Nice weeping tile you useless twat.
Found a magical 1” metal line. No clue what it is or what’s in it…seems empty and is all scratched up with holes (prob from our excavation).
Nope. Nothing. Gas line is in the back of the house and this look like think aluminum. Personally I think someone threw it under before they poured the slab.Is gas coming out of it
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Already found bricks, wood, and small aluminum pieces that were cut off from something.
What are we looking at? Floor drain is clay and cracked? How far down does crack go? Do you regret not using sprayfoam and calling RE agent yet?
Floor drain cracked about 6-8” below the floor level.
I don’t regret it but I may have to Kevin something myself here.
Piece of PVC slid down below the cracked portion, inflate a balloon below the pvc to plug, use grout or hydraulic cement between pvc and clay to seal. Others may have better ideas.
What type of balloon @GreyGhost? I’m thinking of using a sleeve and a 4” black PVC to fill that gap.
Not perfect but I don’t feel a need to dig up the entire drain 1-2ft in each direction.
Not perfect but I don’t feel a need to dig up the entire drain 1-2ft in each direction.
At this point I would just dig everything up that is suspect and replace with abs
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Just a normal kids balloon might work. Something to keep the grout/cement from running down and filling the drain. I doubt you have the proper plumbing inflatable plug for that size pipe and if you did, I wouldn't want to cover it in cement.
It may still come to that. It’s a lot of digging.
I was thinking just sleeving it….but that’s the Kevin way…
AllistonGT
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I generally feel bad for you. I'm sure you have better things you would sooner do with your time. 
Thanks.I generally feel bad for you. I'm sure you have better things you would sooner do with your time.
Is what it is. Either ***** about it, pay someone to do it, or just shut up and figure it out
Without my dad I think I’d be dead in the water, and it gives us some time together and I get to learn something new. Not the end of the world.
Few people regret doing it right. (If they survived)
Mad Mike
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The crack is a small problem. A bit of hydraulic cement will fix that.
If you want to sleeve it, suggest 4" PVC, its thinner walled than ABS. ID of the clay should be a hair under 4", the OD for for PVC is 4.22 so you'll need to slit the PVC lengthwise, taking out about .25 of an inch off the OD, then squeeze her in.
What might be a bigger concern is the standing water in that drain, it looks too high to be sitting at the height of a trap.
Thanks @Mad Mike thats what we’re planning to do. I’m going to snake that drain one more time before I start buttoning things up.
We ran a Shopvac hose in there to clean it out and I’ve got lovely cuts on my arm from reaching in and pulling sand out.
Im sure it needs a solid snaking before we close it all up as I’m sure some stuff fell in.
We ran a Shopvac hose in there to clean it out and I’ve got lovely cuts on my arm from reaching in and pulling sand out.
Im sure it needs a solid snaking before we close it all up as I’m sure some stuff fell in.
