That's not practical! American Plumbing, LMP #556

Terry Smith • August 16, 2023

That's not practical! American Plumbing, LMP #556

A customer called wanting us to locate his main drain line. When I arrived, I noticed that he and his neighbors had the same round concrete hump in the same location in their driveway. I showed him and told him that once we chip out the round concrete hump we should find the cleanout. Sure enough, It was there. However, what the customer needs is a metal cleanout cover like the one on of the right.

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