Hiding a sewer line clean-out

[climb.on]

I've got a sewer line clean out that sticks up in my side yard that I want to protect and hide. It's a long sewer line that runs from the bathroom in my shop to my septic holding tank. I was required to have a cleanout every 75' or something, so there was no choice where this would go. It's the white pipe, lower left corner of the photo, coming out of the ground with the orange 2x4 marking it, between the skid loader and the pile of siding.

Obviously I need to maintain access to the cleanout if **** freezes up (literally), but I don't want to hit the damn thing if it's sticking up when I'm plowing or running by it with the 4-wheeler trailer, lawmover etc.

So how have you guys hidden these things? I was thinking about cutting it off just below grade and sticking an irrigation box like the attached pic.

 

[The Cobbler]

good idea, or cut it at grade, pour a bit of concrete and mark it "sewer clean out" so future people know what it is

 

[jturpin]

That's what I did in my yard. I used a sprinkler box about 8 round irrigation box (Lowes has them). Hardly noticeable.

 

[oldgoaly]

Being cheap I the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket out. put sand on top and around the bucket.

 

[lakelandcat]

cut it to grade and use a 4" cap with a screw in top, thee are two different tops one has a square sticking up and one has the square down. I buried mine about 1" below grade and filled around it with sand. I know where it is and don't hit it with the mower. Yours is easy because its on the corner. Cut it off and paint the same color as your siding, you'll never see it and chances are you'll never need it. Ive been in my house for 21 years and never needed mine.

 

[lis2323]

Here’s mine right in front of the garage door.

 

[climb.on]

cut it to grade and use a 4" cap with a screw in top

That was my first thought, but my concern with that, is if I run over it with something, I'll be putting pressure straight down on the T and run the risk of breaking something.

 

[SJR033]

That's what I did in my yard. I used a sprinkler box about 8 round irrigation box (Lowes has them). Hardly noticeable.

x2 for me.
I did it for access to my diverter valve for my septic system.

One additional thing that I did, was attach a large metal washer to the underside of the lid. This will allow someone to locate it with a metal detector, after the grass has grown over it.

 

[tthornto]

My old house had one right next to the front door. I found a decorative 12" Fiberglass flower pot that fit right over the top of it. Nobody that visited even knew the cleanout was there.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Maybe put an irrigation box over it, fill with sand or gravel. Something that will help support weight if it does get run over or hid it with some yard art....like a concrete cow or pig.

 

[shoe1]

My old house I dug around it and put a sleeve out of 855 Cummins around it so I wouldn't hit it with the mower. That was 30 years ago and is still there.

 

[Ray-CA]

Since there is the possibility of driving over it I would use a traffic rated box. A plastic irrigation box/lid will collapse when it's driven over.

Ray

 

[bczygan]

Paint a little face on it!

 

[lakelandcat]

That was my first thought, but my concern with that, is if I run over it with something, I'll be putting pressure straight down on the T and run the risk of breaking something.

I'd still bury it and take detail measurements and a pic. as to where its at, put it on the inside of your breaker box or somewhere safe so you won't loose or forget. Even running over it with the tractor won't hurt it if you go with the flat lid, that pvc is tough stuff. Stronger than that sprinkler box.

 

[rburke65]

I have a clean out by the road ditch that I had to replace from const. trucks n trailers running over it....plastic. So I got a piece of heavy metal grate and covered it. The grass has grown over it and you don’t even know it’s there. Maybe you could use the plastic bucket idea or similar and put a metal grate over it.

 

[yeldogt]

Those in the lawn are grassed over and I have pictures in a file -- if there is a possibility of a car driving over it -- you need a rated one that sits in concrete. Mine had a cover and the pipe was independent -- and sat a few inches under the cover.

I have never needed any of them

 

[DRP6833]

Fake rock?

 

[firworks]

That looks real clean lis2323. I've kind of been thinking about the same problem as my sewer clean out is out front of my house right by the walkway to the side yard.

 

[gnpenning]

Most companies that sell septic parts will have what you need that can be driven over. Tell them what you are looking for so you will get the right parts.

Definitely don't listen to a warmer climate person telling you to bury it and hide it. Unless they are willing to come out to were you live in the middle of your winters to pick the ground for access..... You know it will be in the dark and the biggest blizzard of the year.

I like to put a threaded plug with some Teflon paste on the threads. That way you can remove by hand no matter what the weather.

Do you or have a RV? Have you considered using for a rv dump as well??

 

[larry4406]

Put a shrub bed around it with mulch.

 

[Bretny]

Landscape boulders. No mulch, shrubs to take care of. Nothing to buy if you can find them. They also make it look like it will hurt if a car backs into them.

 

[Mr onetwo]

I like to put a threaded plug with some Teflon paste on the threads. That way you can remove by hand no matter what the weather.

Wax from a toilet bowlwax works best.Insect proof and doesn't seize up like pipe dope.