Thank you for the responses. Since this system is so old and I dont know what kind of mess is underground in the back yard, I took the last response and filled it with hydraulic cement. I put about 4 large balls of hydraulic cement into the pipe and made it even with the wall so I can paint it. That stopped the problem immediatly. Thank you!
Doug Miller Wrote:
In article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Goedjn
> snipped-for-privacy@mail.uri.edu wrote:-
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> How do you properly seal an old cast iron waste pipe? This pipe was > for
> a septic system used before the home was connected to the town sewer.
> Right now, the previous owners broke off the pipe at the wall and
> filled it with expanding foam insulation. The problem is, we have had
> a lot of rain and the water table is very high. The pipe is now
> leaking water onto the basement floor. I probably can not cap the > pipe
> because it is broken off and even with the wall. Any suggestions > would
> be appreciated.-
>
>
> Well, really you ought to remove the thing entirely, but a short term
> solution is one of those 4" rubber-plugs with metal plates on both
> sides, and a bolt through the middle. You slide the whole plug into
> the pipe, and crank the bolt tight, with pulls the plates together and
> squeezes the rubber against the sides of the pipe.
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> I can't think of a reason *not* to fill it with concrete...- > --goedjn-
>
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> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his > butt.
> And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?