You can just see the top of the drain pipe sticking out to the left of the shadow.

The contractor that built this addition had a little decorative box there so I never saw this until now. It lasted through two winters with that little box and a bale of straw that was put there for unrelated reasons, but I feel like that was dumb luck.

What would you do? Keeping in mind a tear-out and replace is out of the question before spring now.

Thanks,

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m a plumber.

    “Exposed” as in open to the air? I can’t tell from the picture.

    Is that perhaps the clean out access? I suppose not, since it was covered.

    • Bo7a@lemmy.caOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      Apologies for the bad photo. Any chance you have some advice with the newly cropped one?

      My current plan is to wrap it in a bunch of rockwool for the winter and then dig out the whole drain line to see if it can be done better.

    • Bo7a@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      Yeah the top 2-in of a 6-in drain pipe are sticking out of the ground fully exposed to the air. I’ll get a better picture as soon as I’m done driving.

      It is not a clean out. It goes directly to the bottom of the toilet where everything else joins the septic system.