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[IHCubCadet147]

It could have been worse. At least you can fix this before it becomes a problem later and you have to dig up your floor to fix it.

[Oak]

Thanks guys.

I asked them earlier today about running a 3" up the 4" and using the 4" as a sleeve. He shot that down too and said the sleeve had to be 2 sizes larger then the pipe.

I'm trying to figure the best way to cut the concrete where it is 7-8" thick. Most saws I can rent will only go around 5". I will probably need to do multiple passes if possible.

What do you all think of this plan?

Strike a line about 1" on the outside of the 4" pipe.
Get a 12" long masonry bit and drill holes every 4-6" about 8" deep.
Take the concrete saw and run it down the line.
Start swinging away with a BFH.

[darkminion_17]

Why not just dig a new trench and abandon the one in the concrete?

[Oak]

That's an option too Lew but I still need to cut into the footing 12-13" to get the proper slope. Mr. Inspector said as long as the top half of the existing line is free from the concrete he would pass it. Either way I need to rent a saw and cut away. If I can't get the existing exposed I'll abandon it and run another.

[cooperino]

Oak,

How much of that pipe is under concrete? It looks like its right at the edge of the footing. Have you tried just breaking it with a sledge hammer? The way it looks in the pic it looks like it would break pretty easily. Just cant see how long the run is.

[Oak]

Coop, it's buried pretty good.

I picked this saw up today off of CL. Home Cheapo & Sunbelt want around $125-$150 to rent one for 24 hours with a blade. I can only work a few hours each day after work so renting isn't an option at this time. I'll use this until I'm done and sell it.
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Here is what I got done in about 2.5 hours tonight. Now it's gonna get fun where the pipe is getting deep. Dang it! I held my fone wrong.
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I will also need to cut the other pipe so that I can put a 6" PVC sleeve over it.

[zippy1]

Jeepers Todd, if it ain't the weather, it's the man. Guy just can't get a break. Lucky you ain't up in these parts, you'd be dealing with frost pretty soon.

[jbrewer]

Todd you made quick work of getting that concrete busted out. I'm guessing some of the words you used helped melt the concrete....

[Sam Mac]

Todd, one question, why didn't you get an inspection before pouring the concrete?

[Oak]

Sam, a friend dug the footings for my mono slab while I was at work and dug them too deep so I decided to fill them with concrete. (Basically a footer like if I was going to do a block wall) I called the county before I did that to see if I could just use some 57 stone and they said I would need to get an engineer to sign off on that if I did so I said screw it and filled them with concrete. I had to call for them to do an inspection before I poured the footer and it passed but I didn't have that 4' pipe in there yet. A day or 2 before we poured the footer I shot it with my transit and found I didn't have enough slope for the floor drains if I laid the pipe on top of them so I threw the 4" pipe in the footing....my D/A fault.

I should have known better than all that crap above but wasn't thinking.

I hope to get it cut out this weekend and have both 4" lines sleeved with a 6". I will then call for another inspection.