I have a 5" or 6" vertical cast iron pipe in a crawlspace. There is hemp hanging down which feels damp, and the pipe itself also feels a little damp. We can't see a clear "trickle" however. Another 3" horizontal iron pipe comes from a nearby toilet and joins with this cast iron below the hemp portion. A plumber says that is related, but that is confusing since the wet portion is above where the horizontal toilet sewer joins with this vertical pipe. This is a septic system.
Some general questions I have are:
What action should we take? Is action even needed?
* Why does the pipe continue upwards? The whole house is 1-floor and we see no outlet. The only pipe coming out of the roof is in another part of the house, but maybe this joins with another bathroom?
* Should we try to tuck the hemp back in, would that even help?
* Is there a product we can seal the portion where the hemp has come out without disassembling the pipe? The issue doesn't seem nearly serious enough to disassemble the pipe.
* What would you do if this was your house?
Some general questions I have are:
What action should we take? Is action even needed?
* Why does the pipe continue upwards? The whole house is 1-floor and we see no outlet. The only pipe coming out of the roof is in another part of the house, but maybe this joins with another bathroom?
* Should we try to tuck the hemp back in, would that even help?
* Is there a product we can seal the portion where the hemp has come out without disassembling the pipe? The issue doesn't seem nearly serious enough to disassemble the pipe.
* What would you do if this was your house?
