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    Jun 26, 2014, 11:45 AM
    Need to find the drain pipe under basement floor
    I am trying to find the main drain pipe that runs under the basement out to the city line. Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this? Thank you.
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    Jun 26, 2014, 12:11 PM
    The first you must do is locate the outside cleanout. Once located the house drain will be directly behind it in the basement floor. A floor drain should be a few feet to the side of the drain. If you have a 4" stack (drain pipe) coming down from above that should be the vertical section of the main drain. Does that give you enough reference points to work with? Good luck, Tom
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