Hey Jack! I'd be more than happy to hear you or anyone else's opinion in efforts to help solve the following problem:


When I opened the crawl to replumb the house, I found standing water under the house. I know for a fact that there are NO LEAKY pipes, I already checked for that. However, I think this may be from irrigating my yard, but I wanted to confirm my suspicions. Could the water be from irrigating (whoever plumbed this house did it wrong, the pipes are not angled right and in fact goes UPHILL) Or could the water be under the house because of the uphill plumbing? One more thing, keep in mind, I irrigated THREE days ago and the weather here hasn't been very hot (thinking of the water drying up with heat) What is your opinion of this? thanks...

 

quote:<HR>Originally posted by JM:
Hey Jack! I'd be more than happy to hear you or anyone else's opinion in efforts to help solve the following problem:


When I opened the crawl to replumb the house, I found standing water under the house. I know for a fact that there are NO LEAKY pipes, I already checked for that. However, I think this may be from irrigating my yard, but I wanted to confirm my suspicions. Could the water be from irrigating (whoever plumbed this house did it wrong, the pipes are not angled right and in fact goes UPHILL) Or could the water be under the house because of the uphill plumbing? One more thing, keep in mind, I irrigated THREE days ago and the weather here hasn't been very hot (thinking of the water drying up with heat) What is your opinion of this? thanks...<HR>

The water under the house is probably from irragation. as far is the pipes plumbed in wrong with out the proper grade these will need ripped aout and replumbed. The improper grade is whats causing your drains to back up, the drains probably have build up in them and not allowing the waste water to drian freely.

I see you have no vent either, vents will need to be added, there is no other way to solve this problem.

Unless you feel like crawling in water under the house, I would recommened opening up some of the floors to make this a lot eaisier to fix the drains, also your going to have to open a few walls to get the vents in place so the system can drain without taking air though the traps and allowing sewer gases to enter the house.

This is not an easy fix you might also want to look into some plumbing books to get familiar with the fitting and how to use them, how to vent them, main thing is getting it right the 1st time and not have to do it over is you make a mistake.

I hope I gave you some good advise, and wish you the best of luck.

This could take 3 to 4 days if you do it yourself.

I'd start reading before you make that 1st cut.

Best Regards Plumber2000
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