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Hi Goons, My foundation has a leak around the cast iron sewer pipe that goes through the wall. I made a video for you. It only leaks in the springtime,and I have lots of nice new French drains put in 2 years ago. Looks like the previous homeowners tried and failed to patch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC07-CgluI8 It's about 3 feet deep, but I would prefer not to dig the outside up if I don't have to. I've pretty good at DIY around the house, and I do have a 80 gallon air compressor and a hand chisel attachment so I I need to chip out around it to do a repair I can manage it.
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Dr Cox MD posted:This is a sewer pipe, not your water main? Does the water leaking out around it appear to be clean(er)? It only leaks in April when it rains. It's totally dry the rest of the year. It's definitely the sewer pipe. Edit: There was no sump pump in the house until I installed one.
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Apr 8, 2017 21:37
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No gutters, it's massive runoff that is bringing the water to the foundation. Before we had landscaping done that flat area near the house was a hill sloping right into the house. When we had it leveled, we had a French drain added right in the middle of the flat area. They even put connections to the drain where a future gutter could be added. The hope was that the drain would solve the problems. However, the water just sits there on the top. I could have them come back and install vertical connections that link the surface to the drain
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Apr 10, 2017 20:21
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Just to follow up. I had my friend who owns a landscaping company dig up the entire sewer pipe. The first 10 feet from the house was Cast iron pipe. the next 15 fee was "tar pipe", folllowed by some proper white PVC, then more tar pipe, then Green PVC. I'm sure I'm getting the name wrong but whatever. All that is gone now, replaced by my plumber friend who also raised the pipe where it goes through the wall a few inches for better flow. He also fixed the crack from the outside, and replaced the last of the cast iron stack with white PVC.
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May 16, 2017 02:35
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It looked just like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCNda832Ns
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Jun 27, 2017 22:59
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