My emergency drains got noisy today. I checked and one of my full siphon drains was not running. My drains are a U shape passing through a wall and are made of flex PVC. I used a stiff bit of tubing and then a section of garden hose to plunge into the drain from each end and got it running about 80% again. The plug was not hard but a soft mass the tubing poked holes in. Some of it came out in the end of the tube. I think it's white sponges and the crusty stuff that grows in my sump.
If I idled the drain do you think it would get anoxic inside the pipe enough to kill them? I have 2 and could shut one down for a month even.
Both ends of the drain have bulkheads, I could put pipes in them and fill the drain with bleach or muriatic acid but that would be risky. What if I filled it with RODI for several days?
Not something I want to deal with. Nuts.
If I idled the drain do you think it would get anoxic inside the pipe enough to kill them? I have 2 and could shut one down for a month even.
Both ends of the drain have bulkheads, I could put pipes in them and fill the drain with bleach or muriatic acid but that would be risky. What if I filled it with RODI for several days?
Not something I want to deal with. Nuts.