Sewer Line Repair And Replacement Complete Guide

The Bad News: What a Sewer Backup Can Mean

Sewage is a serious problem in 21st century metropolitan life. Simply put, we’re producing more sewage than we can easily handle. Combined sewer overflows are an ever-greater problem in our cities. This is when the combined sewers, which handle raw sewage as well as storm water, overflow in response to rain events.

It’s not just storm water that can cause these overflows, however. Sanitary sewers – which don’t collect storm water at all, but rather just home, commercial and industrial wastewater – can overflow as well. The results are not as widespread as combined sewer overflows, but they prove just as damaging to human and environmental health. When raw sewage flows into streets and waterways, it can cause disease, contaminate drinking water, and poison fish and wildlife. That’s no good.

They can also lead to major costs. When your sewer backs up, you’re endangering your foundations and plumbing. You may experience raw sewage spilling into your home, ruining grout or carpet, furniture or fabrics. An overflow can also spill into the street, resulting in fines from the city. In some cases, it can break the pump. Sewage overflows also bring rats and other pests to the area, cause buildups of mold and mildew, and smell terrible.

Worst of all, this often isn’t covered by insurance (something you might want to speak with your agent about, btw). Turns out the maintenance of the sewer main, the line that runs between your house and the city’s sewer system, is your responsibility. This is often true even when that line runs under the street or public right of ways, so don’t take it lightly.

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If you want to get to the bottom of sewer line problems, the quickest and easiest way to find the problem source and solution is to use a professional sewer camera. These devices can detect obstructions and leaks non-invasively to protect the pipes. Use of a sewer camera requires a trained plumber who knows how to feed the waterproof, lighted camera down the sewer pipe. The technician can then assess the video from the camera to identify the problem and come up with the right solution to get the plumbing system running optimally once again.

Sewer cameras eliminate the complicated and sometimes risky practice of blindly working on pipes without knowing what the problem is, or having to dig up the pipes for inspection.

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Sewer Jetter: One of the Top Solutions for Clogged Pipes

Professional plumbers know when it’s time to pull out the sewer jetter to take care of business. It’s the ultimate solution for stubborn clogs deep down in the pipes. Severe blockages call for this thorough cleaning with the jetter, which is a hydro-jet machine, using high-pressured water streams to push all tree roots and other obstructions out of the pipes and into the main sewer system.

Sewer jetters may use hot or cold water and different pressure levels to clean out clogs quickly and safely without putting the pipes at risk for damage.

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The average homeowner needs to plan for sewer line replacement costs. While it isn’t a fun way to spend money, it is necessary to maintain a livable, safe home environment for you and your family members. You typically only know how valuable well-working plumbing is once you’ve experienced a plumbing nightmare. It goes without saying: don’t let it get to that point!

Sewer line replacements costs vary greatly, depending on the home’s location, age of the plumbing system, home design, type of replacement and more. There’s no cookie-cutter solution for sewer line replacement, which is why working with a trained plumbing company that delivers customized plumbing services is so important.

Your plumbing company will work with you to determine which of the three primary sewer line replacement methods (trenched, trenchless pipe-lining, or trenchless pipe-bursting) is right for your home’s unique situation.

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Atlanta sewer line issues have never been easier to resolve, thanks to the advent of video sewer inspections. To see the nature of the blockage and its location we send a tiny video camera down into the sewer line, informing us as to what we need to do to fix your sewer line.