stogie1020

Anyone else have indoor plumbing cleanouts?

I have them installed on the opposite side of each wall that a toilet backs up to.

One of them does not have a cover over it (it extends a little too far ) but I have a buffet in front of it so no worries...

EXCEPT....

There appears to be a 2 1/2" wood screw holding the cap on, but the screw is rusted and now will not tighten anymore, and there is a tiny bit of corrosion (or maybe drain line goop) working it;s way out of the retaining screw hole.

Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

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stogie1020

Got a little edification...

The screw is a retaining screw to ensure the cap stays put (cap apparently turns with a very large screwdriver like tool). The problem is that whatever the screw secured to on the other end is gone, even using a longer screw the threads never caught no anything. I am wondering if I can simply epoxy the little hole for the retaining screw and leave it out. It clearly was not doing anything for some time...

svtmike

You have weird plumbing. My cleanout is on the main drain stack in the basement.

I would epoxy the screw like you said. There's probably a mass of spiders on the other side working it loose from the inside. A little dab will foil their insidious 8-legged plot. You can get epoxy on Amazon.

stogie1020

:haha, yeah, there is a cleanout on each toilet (opposite wall) and one opposite wall of kitchen sink. Most are almost unnoticeable but this one is poorly installed, sticks out too far and has no cover. Furniture sits in fron of it, though so no matter.

OK, first the spider poison in the little hole, then epoxy.

doopstr

I'm so glad that the poo goes away when I flush and that I have never had to mess around with something like that.

stogie1020

Poison and epoxy applied.

Doopstr, FTR, I have never had to use one of the cleanouts (:knockonwood: ) they are just 'there'...

Makes it easier to root out a clog if it is bad, I guess...

Scrib

stogie1020

OK, here is the deal with Cleanouts here in AZ.

I have no subfloor or basement for access to plumbing (costs too much to dig in the clay). All plumbing descends into/through a poured PT slab. As a result, cleanouts behind plumbing circuits.

Scrib

Cost too much to dig through clay? They have sissy excavators out there?

I have about 12-16 inches of dirt, then it's good ol' Indiana clay. Shittons of it.


Regardless, no basement, makes sense.

stogie1020

Out here it's called Caliche and in many cases it can be so hard as to need to be blasted through!


Pool installers often sell a caliche insurance policy before excavating in case they hit it. Otherwise they charge extra to dig through it.

Moog-Type-S

No frostline = no basement.