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Posted by on January 23, 2008, 1:53 am
I think putting abs in the pipe and cementing it in should work.
Otherwise you will have to dig it all out. I probably would do the
ABS in the pipe trick. I own a plumbing company and I couldn't do
that for a customer but on my own house I would do it. Phil
> The steel (iron?) fitting that passes through the basement slab and
> caps off the vertical run of the 4" clay drain clean out has
> deteriorated into a mass of rust. The surrounding concrete has
> crumbled around the opening to about a 6-8" diameter hole. The end of
> the clay riser is about 5" below the surface of the slab, and in good
> shape with square edges, no cracks, etc. The vertical is clear all
> the way down to the horizontal run.
>
> I've cleaned out the debris and covered the opening temporarily. Is
> there any alternative to making the existing hole wide and deep enough
> to get a rubber sleeve connection on the clay pipe?
>
> I'm pretty tempted to just drop a piece of 4" ABS into the hole (ie a
> butt joint to the clay) and back fill with concrete patch.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
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