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    Mar 25, 2010, 03:31 PM
    How to find the main sewer line to add a clean out trap
    I am trying to find the main sewer line so I can add a clean out trap
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    Mar 25, 2010, 03:42 PM

    Are you on city sewer or a septic tank? How old is your home. As a rule the sewer will be found on the same side the on the street or on the same side of the septic tank. Do you know where the sewer leaves the house? Back to you, Tom
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