Floor Drain Cleanout Plug Missing

Floor drain without cleanout plug yet no smell.

Floor drain cleanout plug missing. The term cleanout or cleanout pipe may refer to any branch of a plumbing pipe that is used for cleaning or unclogging the system. Close off your drain cleanout pipe with these threaded plugs. If your floor drain connects to the sewer system and you smell sewer gasses the trap beneath the drain is dry or the plug for the cleanout is missing. Clean outs typically have a screw off removable cap.

Dangers of old house traps austin plumber radiant plumbing how to unclog a drain from the family handyman how to locate your main drain clean out ing basement floor. If you do not know your pipe size measure the od of your existing cleanout plug or the id of your cleanout fitting and match to the value listed. When i perform re inspections on homes in minneapolis that have had missing cleanout plugs about one in five floor drains need to be replaced because the drain couldn t be cleaned out. If nothing drains into the floor drain prevent sewer odor by pouring a pitcher of water down the drain every couple of weeks.

A floor clean out is the location where a home s sewer line can be accessed for the purpose of cleaning clogs. These pipes can be found at basement floor drains in plumbing fixtures and even at the main sewer pipe leading out of a home or building. This is an expensive repair as it involves breaking up the concrete in the basement floor replacing the drain then pouring new concrete. From that access point sewer line clearing machines can go both under the house or toward the city line to find and clean the clog.

One of the most common plumbing defects that i find in old minneapolis and saint paul houses is a missing cleanout plug in the floor drain especially during truth in sale of housing evaluations. Here s my garage floor drain that i have never looked at until today.