Temporary Plumbing

There's not much room between us and our neighbors in the green house. To make sure we don't undermine their foundation, the digging machines need to dig as close to our house as possible. Unfortunately, Scott told us the old sewer lateral was in the way -- a foot over from our foundation and a foot down -- and needed to move or it would be crushed.

On the back of the house:

A closer view, near the water heater, showing the connections from the sink, washer, bathtub, and toilet:

Looking along the length of the pipe towards the front of the house:

Another junction along the way where we meet up with the kitchen sink and another vent:

Looking at the whole thing from the front of the house. The new line takes a jog and meets up with the old line near the bottom of the photo:

That jog from a better angle:

I wrote "temporary" because this plumbing will need further rework. All of the vents are not to code (either not above the roof line or not of cast iron), so they need to be replaced. It's also not clear whether the line should exit above or below the new foundation -- it all depends on the depth of the lateral as it hits the street. We haven't investigated that yet, but will need to soon...

posted by noel on 02/18/05