About how large is the sewage pipe under my house - built in 2000? Will it accomodate an ice cream cone toy?

My son got a toy (about 1" diameter cone shaped) down the shower drain. I can't see it and am hoping it goes the way of all good sewage. What are the chances it'll make it's way through?|||Your lateral should be 4" at the least. (Its the same size as the stack vent leading up from the floor). It can be made from cast iron, clay pipe, PVC pipe. It will go to the man hole, either in the yard, street, or alleyway.





I would look for the ice cream cone toy in the manhole and make sure it came through there :)





Your line from the shower should be an 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" line





I'm betting it made it all the way through, or you would have had problems by now if it didnt. :)





I wish you well...





Jesse|||It depends on your codes. If this is a rigid long cone like I'm thinking it is it may name make it through the 90 degree bend in the PVC pipe. It still may be in your house. You said you house was build in 2000. Most new houses have what's know as cleaning traps where condoms, tampons, soap and what not gets stuck down there. As far as it getting stuck in the sewer that is the county to deal with.|||If it makes it through the P-trap under the shower, it should make the rest of the journey.|||The chances are good that it made it through, unless it is so long that it got caught in a curve/turn of the pipes.





The shower probably has a 2-inch diameter pipe leading to a 4-inch diamemeter pipe in your basement (or under your foundation if you don't have a basement). The pipes under the house are at least 4 inches in diameter, and it only gets bigger down stream.





It could get caught on some other blockage (roots in the pipes are unlikely this soon in the house's lifetime), but if you haven't noticed a problem yet, there probably isn't one.|||WHY don't you have a drain filter in place?? this would have prevented this and future such accidents!! you will need to have that thing removed as it will not make it thru all the small pipe in the house before it gets to the main drain pipe,,,|||4inch minimum. if shower outlet slows it may be stuck in s bend, which should be accessable by plumber/drainlayer. most objects that go down plughole can get to city pipes and a small object won't block them.