Dwoodrick
Jan 21, 2012, 01:24 AM
Firstly, please forgive me if I get some terms wrong. I'm learning this as I go.
Recently, we had a clogged drain at our house. We purchased some drain cleaner, and overnight it seemed to work.
The next day, it started to clog again, and after a vigorous plunging, the drain cleared up.
This was a few days ago, and yesterday my neighbor comes to tell me that there seems to be a large puddle next to our house.
I looked in our crawlspace and saw that there was some standing water in there. I crawled around inside, and saw no leaks. I asked my wife to flush the toilet for me, and then saw that there seemed to be a major leak in the main sewer line.
This line is black plastic, and I'm assuming it is ABS. It comes down from the house, makes a 90 degree turn, and goes out from there.
At the 90 degree joint to the line into the house, is where the leak is.
I'm not sure how to go about fixing this.
I've done some regular plumbing before new sink, toilet replacement, that sort of thing, but I'm not sure if I should get a professional to do this.
Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Recently, we had a clogged drain at our house. We purchased some drain cleaner, and overnight it seemed to work.
The next day, it started to clog again, and after a vigorous plunging, the drain cleared up.
This was a few days ago, and yesterday my neighbor comes to tell me that there seems to be a large puddle next to our house.
I looked in our crawlspace and saw that there was some standing water in there. I crawled around inside, and saw no leaks. I asked my wife to flush the toilet for me, and then saw that there seemed to be a major leak in the main sewer line.
This line is black plastic, and I'm assuming it is ABS. It comes down from the house, makes a 90 degree turn, and goes out from there.
At the 90 degree joint to the line into the house, is where the leak is.
I'm not sure how to go about fixing this.
I've done some regular plumbing before new sink, toilet replacement, that sort of thing, but I'm not sure if I should get a professional to do this.
Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.