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- How can I find the cleanout for my building drain?
I am a long distance truck driver, but I recently completed a plumbing program with Stratford Career Institute. In the chapter of my textbook Repairing DWV Systems, the author says that if there is a clog in the building drain, one can clear out the clog by using a snake augur or maybe some other type of tool into the cleanout for the building drain. The author said that the cleanout for the building drain is usually near the stack.
I live in a duplex townhouse. Just out of curiosity, I would like to locate the cleanout for my building drain. Today I am on hometime from my trucking job, and I went to my house and looked for my building drain. I don't think that I found the cleanout for the building drain. There is a 3" or 4" diamater plastic pipe coming out of my house at the back of my house. This 3" or 4" diameter plastic pipe coming out of my roof might be the stack. But there is no cleanout for a building drain directly below this plastic pipe that might be my stack.
My townhouse is built on a slab foundation. So there is no basement or crawl space.
There is a 1/2" or 3/4" diameter plastic drainage pipe coming out of my wall in my backyard, but it is not directly below the stack. Below are two photographs of this 1/2" or 3/4" diameter plastic drainage pipe coming out of the wall in my backyard. One photograph is a close up photograph, and the other photograph is more zoomed out.
For some unknown reason, PhysicsForums rotated my photographs 90 degrees to the clockwise.
Do you think that the 1/2" or 3/4" diamater plastic pipe in the photographs above is the cleanout for my building drain? If not, how can I find the cleanout for my building drain? Is it possible that there is no cleanout for my building drain? If there is no cleanout for my building drain, how would a plumber clear out a clog in my building drain?
I live in a duplex townhouse. Just out of curiosity, I would like to locate the cleanout for my building drain. Today I am on hometime from my trucking job, and I went to my house and looked for my building drain. I don't think that I found the cleanout for the building drain. There is a 3" or 4" diamater plastic pipe coming out of my house at the back of my house. This 3" or 4" diameter plastic pipe coming out of my roof might be the stack. But there is no cleanout for a building drain directly below this plastic pipe that might be my stack.
My townhouse is built on a slab foundation. So there is no basement or crawl space.
There is a 1/2" or 3/4" diameter plastic drainage pipe coming out of my wall in my backyard, but it is not directly below the stack. Below are two photographs of this 1/2" or 3/4" diameter plastic drainage pipe coming out of the wall in my backyard. One photograph is a close up photograph, and the other photograph is more zoomed out.
For some unknown reason, PhysicsForums rotated my photographs 90 degrees to the clockwise.
Do you think that the 1/2" or 3/4" diamater plastic pipe in the photographs above is the cleanout for my building drain? If not, how can I find the cleanout for my building drain? Is it possible that there is no cleanout for my building drain? If there is no cleanout for my building drain, how would a plumber clear out a clog in my building drain?
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