What Caused This??????????

[dieselscout80]

We bought this place about a year ago and I'm finishing the basement.

What would have caused this PVC pipe to break like this?

I think someone got wild with a drain auger.

I'm glad I found this before the basement was finished.

 

[Gizmo2]

I think it was broken the day it was put in. Did you find any broken pieces? Looks like it was caught with a backhoe tooth.

 

[HiTechTed]

We bought this place about a year ago and I'm finishing the basement.

What would have caused this PVC pipe to break like this?

I think someone got wild with a drain auger.

I'm glad I found this before the basement was finished.

I can't tell you what caused it, but what made you look for it? It to me looks like it was punctured from one side and through the other, but you would think the pipe would be indented on the punctured side?

 

[dieselscout80]

I think it was broken the day it was put in. Did you find any broken pieces? Looks like it was caught with a backhoe tooth.

I found a couple small pieces, but it looks to have mark coming from inside out.

 

[dieselscout80]

I can't tell you what caused it, but what made you look for it? It to me looks like it was punctured from one side and through the other, but you would think the pipe would be indented on the punctured side?

When the main line to the septic tank got plugged a bit seeped up through a void in the concrete floor.

 

[dodge man]

I don't know, but it looks like it was a ***** to dig out.

 

[Haoleguy]

Very good catch! Hard to imagine schedule 40 shattering like that. How about a teenager throwing a cherrybomb in the toilet trick.

 

[dieselscout80]

I don't know, but it looks like it was a ***** to dig out.

That's the kinda job that was meant for a young back rather than my old wreaked back.

 

[tulenutn2o]

My bet is that it was broke when put in and just covered up. People through this stuff around like it will not break. It does, especially when really cold.

 

[studor]

Any chance water froze in it at some point? Or there were rocks underneath it at that point and sand elsewhere? I would say it was broken when put in --or shortly after when the floor was poured -- pretty hard to do that after with even a power drain auger