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I'm working on the bathroom in my daughters house. It's on a concrete slab. Pulled up the linoleum, started scraping up the glue, and found a bad section of concrete along the wall that was starting to crumble.
I ended up pulling small chunks of concrete out and making a hole that goes under the wall. Reaching in there, I found a white PVC pipe that runs down through the wall, and in to the ground. I also discovered that the bottom of this pipe is completely open. I think there's a connection between this crumbling concrete that goes under the wall, and the PVC pipe I found. The ground / concrete isn't wet down in the hole.
I want to clean out all of the loose concrete, and pour new concrete in the hole, but I'm really puzzled by this open PVC pipe. There is an upstairs bathroom above this one. At first I thought it was the drain pipe from the upstairs, until I found out that it's open on the bottom.
Can any plumbers / contractors explain to me why this pipe is running down through the wall, in to the ground, and is open on the bottom??
I ended up pulling small chunks of concrete out and making a hole that goes under the wall. Reaching in there, I found a white PVC pipe that runs down through the wall, and in to the ground. I also discovered that the bottom of this pipe is completely open. I think there's a connection between this crumbling concrete that goes under the wall, and the PVC pipe I found. The ground / concrete isn't wet down in the hole.
I want to clean out all of the loose concrete, and pour new concrete in the hole, but I'm really puzzled by this open PVC pipe. There is an upstairs bathroom above this one. At first I thought it was the drain pipe from the upstairs, until I found out that it's open on the bottom.
Can any plumbers / contractors explain to me why this pipe is running down through the wall, in to the ground, and is open on the bottom??
