On my current home, fresh water comes in from the street on the uphill side
of the property, and the sewer goes out toward the street on the downhill
side of the property. There are two sewer cleanouts - one less than 2 feet
from the edge of the house and one about 35-40 feet away, close to the
sidewalk that runs along the street.

The cleanout closest to the house is simply a length of 4" CPVC (I guess?)
pipe dropped down a snug hole and loosely resting on the actual sewer pipe.
The sewer pipe is notched where the cleanout meets it.

Is it normal that there isn't a physical connection where the cleanout
meets the sewer pipe? I expected that to be sealed T connection.

Many years ago when I lived in Omaha I had a situation where a tree had put
its roots into the sewer pipe, plugging it up and requiring excavation. We
don't have trees here next to the cleanout, certainly not that close to the
house, but it still seems less than ideal.

On 26-Apr-2020, Jim Joyce wrote:

On my current home, fresh water comes in from the street on the uphill
side
of the property, and the sewer goes out toward the street on the downhill
side of the property. There are two sewer cleanouts - one less than 2 feet
from the edge of the house and one about 35-40 feet away, close to the
sidewalk that runs along the street.

The cleanout closest to the house is simply a length of 4" CPVC (I guess?)
pipe dropped down a snug hole and loosely resting on the actual sewer
pipe.
The sewer pipe is notched where the cleanout meets it.

Is it normal that there isn't a physical connection where the cleanout
meets the sewer pipe? I expected that to be sealed T connection.

Many years ago when I lived in Omaha I had a situation where a tree had
put
its roots into the sewer pipe, plugging it up and requiring excavation. We
don't have trees here next to the cleanout, certainly not that close to
the
house, but it still seems less than ideal.



Jim, did you ever get any replies to this post?

The answer is it should be physically attached by some means

Tekkie

On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:56:52 GMT, wrote:


On 26-Apr-2020, Jim Joyce wrote:

On my current home, fresh water comes in from the street on the uphill
side
of the property, and the sewer goes out toward the street on the downhill
side of the property. There are two sewer cleanouts - one less than 2 feet
from the edge of the house and one about 35-40 feet away, close to the
sidewalk that runs along the street.

The cleanout closest to the house is simply a length of 4" CPVC (I guess?)
pipe dropped down a snug hole and loosely resting on the actual sewer
pipe.
The sewer pipe is notched where the cleanout meets it.

Is it normal that there isn't a physical connection where the cleanout
meets the sewer pipe? I expected that to be sealed T connection.

Many years ago when I lived in Omaha I had a situation where a tree had
put
its roots into the sewer pipe, plugging it up and requiring excavation. We
don't have trees here next to the cleanout, certainly not that close to
the
house, but it still seems less than ideal.



Jim, did you ever get any replies to this post?

The answer is it should be physically attached by some means

I didn't get an answer here, but I was able to file a warranty claim
against my homebuilder, which of course made its way to the plumbers who
did the original work. They quickly agreed that a sewer cleanout MUST be
attached to the sewer line. They had somehow overlooked it during the
build, but they came over and glued it for me. It's good now.

Thanks for following up.

On Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 4:56:56 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On 26-Apr-2020, Jim Joyce wrote:

On my current home, fresh water comes in from the street on the uphill
side
of the property, and the sewer goes out toward the street on the downhill
side of the property. There are two sewer cleanouts - one less than 2 feet
from the edge of the house and one about 35-40 feet away, close to the
sidewalk that runs along the street.

The cleanout closest to the house is simply a length of 4" CPVC (I guess?)
pipe dropped down a snug hole and loosely resting on the actual sewer
pipe.
The sewer pipe is notched where the cleanout meets it.

Is it normal that there isn't a physical connection where the cleanout
meets the sewer pipe? I expected that to be sealed T connection.

Many years ago when I lived in Omaha I had a situation where a tree had
put
its roots into the sewer pipe, plugging it up and requiring excavation. We
don't have trees here next to the cleanout, certainly not that close to
the
house, but it still seems less than ideal.



Jim, did you ever get any replies to this post?

The answer is it should be physically attached by some means

Tekkie

+1

Sounds like somebody screwed up. Not sure what notched means though,
is the sewer line open? Sounds like maybe they ran the line first,
then realized they needed another cleanout and either intended to put
one in or just put something there to fool the inspector and pass.