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title: Holy Hole, Batman!
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# [Holy Hole, Batman!](https://www.bdsdesignbuildremodel.com/remodeling-blog/holy-hole-batman)

 Written by [Bryan Slowick](https://www.bdsdesignbuildremodel.com/remodeling-blog/author/bryan-slowick) | Mar 20, 2015

This is (was) my backyard- excited and anxious at the same time. The half circle shell in the center of the lower area is an old brick lined [grease pit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_trap). Older home used to have the kitchen sink drain-lines empty into a grease separator pit before the water went out into the sewer system. I managed to find that little gem with my left leg halfway through the dig- hip deep in 80 year-old grease...

 

<https://www.bdsdesignbuildremodel.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/rsz_img_5005.jpg> Excavation

 

 

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