Whole House Trap Removal! Plumbing Repair!

Whole house traps are notorious for clogging when they are old and rough on the inside. This one clogged twice in a short period of time. We told the homeowner he should have us remove it and he chose to do so! Enjoy this short video of the process involved.

[BaconJD]

I found a amazing way to remove the lead from a hub, you cut the pipe flush with the hub and then use a hole saw to remove the lead and the pipe falls right out:)

[stever]

I have the same cast iron layout as in this vid. Vent an all. Except that its below the basement floor and house trap is in sump pit about 1.5 ft down. I clear clog in that trap every 2-3 months. Line runs from house trap in front of house to outside rear of house catch basin. When I see dirty water coming up catch basin cover in driveway I know house trap is clogged. Two years ago during heavy fast rain system was overwhelmed and flooded basement. Seems like i get the majority of the rain water that falls in the rear of my home as neighbor to my left has non functioning rear drain and my parking pad were my catch basin is lower then all my neighbors. thoughts on how i can remedy or improve situation?

[JW-udus]

Nice Video. Why did you go with ABS instead of PVC in this application? Thanks!

[throttlebottle]

buildup and roughness is one issue, but the bigger issue is "low flow" everything. the toilets no longer send enough water to keep the lines cleaned out, not many people hand wash dishes and drain sinks full of water, same for taking showers instead of soaking in the tub. water usage way down, problems way up^^^

[ricklee]

I prefer a house trap it does protect the house

[beardedgaming]

im trying to find a video that shows how to locate, remove, reinstall a new sewer line that is burried under teh concrete. anyone got a link?

[jaycoleman]

Are the old cast iron fresh air vents no longer needed? Or do they have a vent outside in the yard?

[bjkjoseph]

I haven’t done plumbing in a long time I would prefer to keep my house trap, but I can see it being unnecessary in certain areas, but I would still want to keep my fresh air, when you look up the definition of the fresh air it doesn’t mention anything about the house trap. not in the plumbing code in my area. I believe it was a keeps the atmospheric pressure balanced within the plumbing system or some bullshit like that. But in my case, after the hurricane the sewer is backed up, and the water went out my fresh air and not into my house, which was very nice, so I would never get rid of my fresh air.

[rayavelar]

If you have the right holesaw size, you can use it to drill out the lead on the cast iron hub, plumber from North California

[OnusofStrife]

Never seen these before in a house in my area. What part of the country?

[frenchonion]

use a holesaw to remove lead and oakum

[bills]

A 4” TY on its back? Not where I live.

[kalijasin]

Foundation block badly cracked where the pipe was coming in at.

[jamesadams]

lets see you do it to old corroded pipe AND what happens when the hub is junk... so many easy vids. we'd all like to see a challenge!

[ArielS]

Maybe get a tripod and show more of the actual work? You could put an edited short up, that links to the full video. A lot of us watch these to learn how to do this stuff, so seeing the work is what I'm hoping for.

Your explanations and pointing stuff out isn't nothing, it's still good, but including the work would be even better.

[ulisespadilla]

Why didn’t you lead in the plastic? It’s much more secure

[um]

easy money, 2k i would charge for that job, minimum is 2k.