In the picture below, is the incoming water connection for my house. (House built late 2018, purch Jan 2019)
What I'm wondering about is that white stuff around the cement repair where the pipe was brought in. When I rub it, the white stuff comes off on my hand, a dry powder. Does not smell like mold, so I'm wondering if it's some soft of seepage? Anyone else ever seen this, and if so, what is it? AND more importantly, do I need to worry about it or repair it now?
Efflorescense. Its a mineral (salt) that is deposited when wet concrete dries. Its largely harmless. You can scrub it off with a brush and a hot water/vinegar solution, but given long enough, it will likely reappear. It indicates the outside of your wall is not completely waterproofed... not surprising since the water supply is a penetration.
Is there anything I can do to fix this? Should I even worry about it? is this a problem left by the builder or something they would not be responsible for? I have a 2-10 builder's warranty still in effect, so I can contact them if they would cover it. What would they have to do, dig out the grass and coat the outsides with something?
Wow, that's lot of questions. LOL
I wouldn't worry about.
If you wanted to try something you could wash the area with warm water, white vinegar
and a scrub brush. Let it dry thoroughly and paint with a masonry paint.
Make sure there isn't excessive water running on the ground outside above that penetration.
We have a sewer backup issue. When we take shower on the first floor or use the washing machine, the sewer water will show up in the basement shower drain. Then it will go down very slowly. I cleaned the sewer pipe with the 100' heavy-duty drain cleaner from Homedepot 3 times yesterday. It seems very smooth and nothing comes out. But nothing changed. The distance from my basement toilet entry point to the main sewer pipe on the street is about 68'. Each time I used about 80' of the snake. I think it is the main pipe on the street blocked. The town Public Work asks us to find a plumber to take a camera video to very the blockage is not on our pipe. Now the video is here. Please help me to see if the blockage is on our side or not. The video is [url=https://mega.nz/file/4zZ1RIYL#6HBdMc35X1sZ4fM1nuN2lfB_bUPx6OGmwKK27Vw_0UY]here[/url]: [url]https://mega.nz/file/4zZ1RIYL#6HBdMc35X1sZ4fM1nuN2lfB_bUPx6OGmwKK27Vw_0UY[/url] , thank you in advance.
Hi everyone,
I'm a homeowner that would like to move my utility sink. I want to get advice on how to do the plumbing because I'm sure not the existing plumbing is correct.
[b]Above Utility Sink[/b]
In the picture below, I am going to remove the wall and rotate the sink 90' clockwise so it is against the back concrete wall in my basement. The red arrow shows that I need to move all the plumbing against this concrete wall.
[url]https://imgur.com/a/6aieERl[/url]
Is the current plumbing good? Can I just recreate this plumbing with Pex on the concrete wall?
[b]Below Utility Sink[/b]
For the plumbing below the sink, I think something isn't correct. What is the correct way to do this plumbing? Here is the picture,
[url]https://imgur.com/Bb4LCVG[/url]
Also, when I cleaned out this pipe, I can just pull it out of the floor. There is nothing holding it in there. I just can push and pull it out. That doesn't seem right. Below is circled where I am talking about.
[url]https://imgur.com/KRXGLQW[/url]
[b]Advice[/b]
Any advice would be helpful! I don't know any plumbers and I figured this is a small enough job that I can do.
12-20-20, 12:05 PM
