John Dirks Jr Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Heres the house. 60's bank owned. Water turned off. Click to Enlarge 70.96 KB The cleanout in the front yard was leaning on an angle quite a bit. How common is this? Shouldn't it be basically vertical? There was also a significant depression in the yard in front of the cleanout and the sidewalk has settled 4 or 5 inches. Since the water is off, I could not test drain flows. I'm wondering if the yard depression and the leaning of the pipe are related. Add to that, I can't test drain flow. Are you getting the picture. I know I need to write about all of this. Can you help me find the best words? Click to Enlarge 72.95 KB Click to Enlarge 72.95 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I would write down that there is a depression in the yard in the proximity of the sewer line. I would let them know that there is a chance of a sewer line break/ leak causing it, and that they need to have a sewer scope performed to find out for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hi, Well, even if the water was on you might not have been able to tell anything from drain flow - sometimes they break and continue to accept waste just fine for a long time, untill one day they don't. It's early and I haven't had my second cuppa yet, but something like: There is a significant depression in the front yard adjacent to the waste line cleanout and the cleanout is askew. I suspect that the depression in the yard and the leaning cleanout might be caused by a break in the waste line below grade. If the waste line is broken below grade it's going to be expensive to repair. I recommend that, to be sure the waste line is intact, you have the waste line inspected now by a pipe inspection service. If the pipe inspection service reports that the pipe is broken, get it repaired immediately. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Thanks for the support. Your thoughts are along the lines I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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