Pipe Sticking Out Of Basement Floor

Me fixing my sewer drain pipe under my basement floor.

Pipe sticking out of basement floor.

The best way to keep water out of your basement is to reduce the amount that seeps in. Supashaun co so i moved our water softner to a new location and i added a second sink in my kid s bathroom. I m getting some confidence in doing some plumbing. We have 4 inch closed pipes sticking out of our basement cement floor.

I d cut the pipe even right below the crack and glue a cap on it. They are about 4 inches high and seem to have a cap on but have been painted over. Many years ago older eavestrough downspouts used to drain through the foundation or exterior walls and empty into a short stack sticking a few feet out of the basement floor slab. Insulation had been stuffed down it so i went and pulled it out.

A radon fan would draw air up through the basement floor but that air is coming through a non perforated pipe which goes down 4 feet and immediately elbows out through the frost wall. The top of the pipe has course threading. It seems to me like it would be creating an underground vacuum outside of the house while leaving the area directly under the basement floor where the radon. There is also a large 15 in diameter hole in read more.

I know it s rough plumbing but i don t know what each of them do. It may be a stubbed out pipe for a future toilet that is plumbed to either the sewage line or an underground sewage waste tank. Though i also have a stubbed out drain for a sink and bath tube close by. Took a gentle sniff and it didnt smell like anything no gas no oil no septic smells.

Me fixing my sewer drain pipe under my basement floor. Employ these tips in conjunction with any type of basement drain to reduce help keep your basement dry. These vertical pipes typically connected under the floor slab to the catch basin which drained the water into the floor drain.