enblethen
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Another thought would be to look at neighbors to see if they have same type of "vent".
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wa8yxm
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rk911 wrote:winnietrey wrote:sure, that's not an oil tank fill?
that was my guess. doesn't looks like any sewer clean-out access port that I've ever seen.
I have seen sewer vents like that.
If you confirm it truly goes to the sewer and not somethign else.
Dump in it.
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ferndaleflyer wrote:Might not make the city sewer administrators to happy. But--when we built our new house we had the plumbing fixed so I have a dump port that goes into the city sewer. They approved the plumbing so I guess in our case it was ok. This would be my worry, having a city/county
employee knocking on my door, "Here's your Fine", but then every place isn't the same so maybe you'll get away with it, maybe not, check your local ordinances relating to your idea.
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Dusty R
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We have a septic tank, I added a line to it to dump our MH.
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enblethen
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One thing that I have avoided for many years now, is the use of RV chemical containing formaldehyde.
I have a septic tank and a good dose of that chemical can kill it.
Sewer systems with limited size and capabilities can get sick by large doses of several different chemicals. Better Half was compliance officer for EPA and investigated a cheese factory that dumped a large amount of ammonia into a city sewer system without going through their pretreatment system.
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bukhrn maybe I wasn't clear.We had to submit our plumbing plan from the street to and including everything in the house to the city, they approved it and issued us a permit. Then as we built the place their inspector checked it along the way finally approving the entire installation. It is labeled RV dump. Anyway house is now about 7 years old and I have used it a lot and feel I have my but covered, I hope.
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Fuel oil smells different than septic.
Tell the neighbor you don't much care for to see what he thinks since your smeller doesn't work after Covid.
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I can't see the area so don't know if it is sewer or not. I would think if it was put in for cleanout a flashlight would allow you to see flow.
Septic tank sewer; Years ago, 1 of my drivers was delivering a load of rock. Was told the house was on city sewer, then busted thru lid of a tank that was no longer used. I can see how a house that city has moved to could have both fuel and septic tanks that a owner might not know about.
(Fuel tanks, in particular, a seller may not want buyer to know about)
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I would hire a plumber and do the due diligence to confirm. Lots of opinions based on a picture. Well worth the cost of an hour for a plumber to tell you for sure.
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I lived on Lawn Guy Land for almost 60 years and that pipe is all over the place. Chances are the OP has a cesspool that was filled in when sewers got into the area. We lived in an area that had no sewers but everybody had that pipe. I made the mistake of asking a plumber to put in a port so the rv tanks could be drained into it. Two days after the request a Suffolk County official was at the door telling me it was against code to put anything but output from a house into it. Seemed to not be bright enough to understand that my rv is a house by legal definition.
We had another cesspool put in ( no permits needed for a second pool ) and all it was for was the rv. Not even plumbed to the house. Broke thru one of the knockouts and plumbed it to about two feet from the rv waste port. Folks who bought the house said that waste hookup was what clinched the deal as they had a motorhome.
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