Contractor poured concrete over basement floor access holes
Contractors sometimes fill uncovered floor access holes and cleanouts with concrete without asking homeowners first. This eliminates critical secondary drain access, leaving homeowners with no way to reach the pipes except through the backflow prevention device.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Waiting for the contractor to return and clarify
- 2Tapping the concrete with a hammer to see if it cracks out
- 3planning to tamp the area down, apply bonding agent to the edges, and fill it with pre-mixed concrete
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I have exactly 0 experience with concrete work.”source ↗
“Am I on the right track?”source ↗
“Can I pour this all in one go?”source ↗
“Any tips for sloping it around the floor drain?”source ↗
“Thank you for entertaining my ignorance.”source ↗
“It appears that they opened both covers of the holes and filled them with concrete as well.”source ↗
“the fact that he filled them up with out asking is concerning to me”source ↗
“I question it because there is no other drain access other than the backflow prevention device one.”source ↗
Where this came up
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