Awesome advice. Using a smaller clean out than the main. My main plumbing is from around 1955. I broke the neck of my smaller clean out & actually used jb weld wet to repair. Thanks for your input, it was helpful
Looks like a house trap to me and not a storm sewer. Pro tip- two cuts with your Ridged reciprocating saw - (Milwaukee makes the “ Sawzall”), a cold chisel, a hammer and it will come out in one piece - 10 minutes tops.
Sometimes you can bend the center of the cap in with a lumpy. Just be careful not to bend it so much that you can’t get a wrench on the nut otherwise you gotta cut/chisel. Good luck!
I have a similiar situation with a cast iron cap. Is the only way to cut it off, I was hoping to find a 4 point 2" socket, but no luck. I suspect nobody buys those because they have to cut the cleanout off? Do you put an ABS cap on it for replacement?
Clean out caps are 2.5” which you can only find online. Usually the threads are too far corroded to screw a new one back in. You can hammer a 3” fernco donut inside then a 2” test plug should close the hole.
@@UrMomGoes2College I cut my plug out today, I cut the center and broke it out with channel locks. The outside threaded part of the plug was still in there, stuck. I collapsed with with a hammer and chisel.
Informative video. Thanks for taking the time to post it.
Awesome advice. Using a smaller clean out than the main. My main plumbing is from around 1955. I broke the neck of my smaller clean out & actually used jb weld wet to repair. Thanks for your input, it was helpful
Hammer and chisel get them off every time.
I just tried this earlier today and it worked like a charm!
Looks like a house trap to me and not a storm sewer.
Pro tip- two cuts with your Ridged reciprocating saw - (Milwaukee makes the “ Sawzall”), a cold chisel, a hammer and it will come out in one piece - 10 minutes tops.
It’s a house trap longer required and obviously common issue with main backups. Cut up the floor and remove it is by far the best option
Great video my guy!!!
Sometimes you can bend the center of the cap in with a lumpy. Just be careful not to bend it so much that you can’t get a wrench on the nut otherwise you gotta cut/chisel.
Good luck!
Very helpful
Was this video narrated by Woody Harrelson? Sure, sounded way.
I have a similiar situation with a cast iron cap. Is the only way to cut it off, I was hoping to find a 4 point 2" socket, but no luck. I suspect nobody buys those because they have to cut the cleanout off? Do you put an ABS cap on it for replacement?
Clean out caps are 2.5” which you can only find online. Usually the threads are too far corroded to screw a new one back in. You can hammer a 3” fernco donut inside then a 2” test plug should close the hole.
how did you cut the wedge where it's threaded without cutting the threads of the cast iron?
That's a good point. I didn't even notice when he showed it
@@UrMomGoes2College I cut my plug out today, I cut the center and broke it out with channel locks. The outside threaded part of the plug was still in there, stuck. I collapsed with with a hammer and chisel.
Thats what I did too.
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It's called oakum and hot lead joint. Jeez u give plumbing advice? Not to me lol