We moved in to our house a couple years ago and were not told too much about a pipe that sticks out of our backyard.
We are on a septic system and this pipe is sticking out from our leech field. The other houses on our block all have similar setups yet none (that I know) have a pipe coming up like ours.
It was suggested to me that this may be safe to remove, or at least remove, cover the whole for a few weeks, and as long as there’s no issues, then remove.
It’s not attached to anything and I can pretty easily pull it out and put it back in, although I’ve tended not to touch it much.
Pipe: https://imgur.com/a/yrd6pYN Hole in the ground: https://imgur.com/a/NMXurUH
Can anyone provide any insight here please?
How far into the earth is it going?
If you’re pulling it out and putting it back in any appreciable distance, it’s probably already plugged. Also if it comes out without unscrewing it might just be a marker. What does the in ground end of the pipe look like? Is it threaded? It could be someone is just having a laugh…
It goes about 1.5 feet down through dirt until it bumps into something and stops. No screwing or threads or anything, just a PVC pipe.
The pipe itself is not clogged, not sure about whatever is beneath it.
If it’s only 1.5 feet then get a shovel and start digging. Get a gander for yourself what it’s connecting to. Sounds like it’s not connected to anything.