We can say it is a good thing to find the trouble at the bottom which would have reared its ugly head someday especially if we had tried to install a cosmetic fix for the existing slab.
Pipe cracked at exit through foundation.
Excavation of the sewer pipes was supposed to allow us to connect the new plumbing layout to the existing sewer lines. Unfortunately the pipes were in sad shape under the lower end of their run. Rusted, cracked, crumbling away and scary to say the least, knowing that I had been using them just a few weeks before and most of the summer.
Rotted pipe easily broke off
Cracked and rotted pipe
Hole in pipe
Old kitchen sink drain.
Old bath, laundry, and floor drain pipes
Master Bath Pipes–upper end pipes were still solid.
Junction of pipe from crawlspace and master bath
Crawlspace pipe is 3″ ABS–Nice to connect new 3″ PVC to with a 3″ Fermco band. Best darned drain pipe in the house!
We needed a permit anyway to start rebuilding, so it was time to go to the city and see what they would need for a general permit.