The Home Improvement Thread

[PaperBagger'14]

What would the purpose of having 4 clean outs pits plus a drain in my basement mechanical room be? The sanitary drain makes sense, then I’m assuming one is for the back flow valve, the other 3 clean out pits though? They’re all circular and 8” diameter ish. The inside of all of them are gravel filled with orange spray paint.

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

What would the purpose of having 4 clean outs pits plus a drain in my basement mechanical room be? The sanitary drain makes sense, then I’m assuming one is for the back flow valve, the other 3 clean out pits though? They’re all circular and 8” diameter ish. The inside of all of them are gravel filled with orange spray paint.

Sound like rough ins for future plumbing / bathrooms.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Brendone

Sound like rough ins for future plumbing / bathrooms.

That would make sense, there’s 2 in line with the sanitary drain so one for future bathroom and one for the back flow.

The other 2 are about 5’ away around the other side of the furnace and about 2’ apart. They are square to the foundation as well. Maybe they gave options for a different bathroom location?