Finding a Whole House Clean Out Pipe: Do You Know Where Your Whole House Clean Out Pipe Is?

If you are a homeowner, knowing where your whole house clean out pipe is situated is important. It could save valuable time and money in a plumbing emergency. Drainpipes, sewer pipes, sewer lines – they are all the same and can become clogged resulting to raw sewage seeping up into your toilet, basement, or yard. When this happens the lines should be cleaned out by a professional. And if you know where the whole house clean-out pipe is, the plumbing professional can easily get to the clog.

Finding the clean-out pipe will be easy if you know where the septic tank is located or at least if you know which side of the house the septic tank is on. However, your clean-out pipe might be connected to the city sewer and therefore, may not be connected to the septic tank.

Now look under the house for the main sewage pipe that goes from the house to the septic tank. It will be about 4 inches in diameter and will be either white PVC or metal usually black. Follow the pipe to where it begins to go underneath the ground. Once you have located this, you will know which side of the house the clean out pipe is located.

Begin your search on that side of the house. Usually it is located about 2 to 4 feet from where the main sewage pipe goes under the ground. The clean-out pipe will be white PVC or steel pipe sticking out of the ground with a cap on it that can be removed for cleaning out the drains or for inspecting the drains with a camera to find clogs.

Finding a home’s clean out pipe is fairly easy to do, but it may take a few tries. Hiring a professional plumber to come out and find the clean-out might be a good idea if you have a hard time locating it. Some homes don’t have clean-out pipes that are easy to find and sometimes they don’t have them at all.

If the clean-out pipe isn’t located fairly soon, take your search all the way to the septic tank or the street. If you still can’t locate a clean out pipe, then the chances are good that you don’t have one. It is not uncommon for a home to not have a clean-out pipe, but it is not good to not have one either. In an emergency situation when dangerous raw sewage is backing up into your house or yard, finding that pipe is the key to quickly eliminating the problem.

Hiring a professional plumbing company like All About the Pipes Plumbing, Inc. can locate or install a sewage clean-out pipe in less time than you can imagine and at a better price too. They have a camera and locating device that will help easily locate the clean-out pipes. Call us today and let us help you protect your family against the dangers of a sewage back-up into your home or yard.