Sewer Line Repair: Solve Your Sewer Strife
Given your sewer system’s job, “out of sight, out of mind” may be the appropriate approach. But while we don’t want to dwell on what goes on in sewer pipes, we can’t afford to let broken lines go unrepaired. Toiling invisibly underground, sewer lines work hard to remove used water and waste away from your house. An optimized, properly functioning residential sewer system is critical for several key reasons:
- Health and hygiene: While sewers transport water from sinks, tubs, showers, and washing machines, the simple fact is that they also take care of the stuff that gets flushed down the toilet. Nobody wants that backing up into their living area, where it would create dangerous conditions. inside your living spaces. Maintaining proper sewer line flow also prevents cross-contamination. If a sewer line backs up or leaks, it risks allowing sewage and associated pathogens to seep into your drinking water supply. Yuck.
- Property damage: Beyond health risks, a failing sewer system can also wreak expensive havoc on your property. When sewer lines crack or collapse underground, they can allow raw sewage to leach out and saturate the surrounding soil. Over time, this oversaturation can destabilize your home’s foundation leading to costly structural damage and remediation. Backups inside the home mean replacing flooring, furniture, and fixtures.
- Lifestyle disruption: Optimized residential sewer systems with clear pipes flowing as designed prevent all sorts of miserable side effects that make life less enjoyable and convenient. Nobody should have to live with the constant smell of sewage in their home, contaminated well water, toilet clogs, or the threat of legal issues if a broken sewer line leaks onto neighbors’ property.
A broken sewer system is the stuff of nightmares. If yours malfunctions. Call Service Minds Benjamin Franklin Plumbing immediately so we can limit the damage and relieve your headaches.
Signs of Sewer System Shortcomings
It doesn’t take a sewage savant to know that if your drains are backing up with sewage or wastewater overflows from toilets, it’s time to call in the Service Minds Benjamin Franklin team. But other signs that your sewage system might need professional attention:
- What’s that smell? A persistent sewage odor emanating from your drains or even wafting up from the basement or yard comes from the decomposition of organic waste. The methane, hydrogen sulfide, and other foul-smelling gases should be safely vented outside your home, but a broken or compromised sewer line can allow them to leak into your living space.
- Dilatory drainage: If toilets, showers, or sinks drain sluggishly, a block or break in the sewer line could inhibit the free flow of water through the pipes.
- Where’s the water? Toilet bowls that do not refill properly suffer from consistently low water levels are often caused by insufficient venting of the sewer line isn’t venting correctly. Similarly, gurgling or other noises coming from your toilet can signal trouble beneath the surface.
Fitful fertilization: We all want a lush lawn, but unusual green patches could mean your grass is being fed by extra moisture and nutrients escaping from your sewer line. Your yard may love it, but you should get it checked out.
Sewer Line Diagnostics and Rehabilitation
Service Minds Benjamin Franklin Plumbing’s experience in diagnostics and remediating all types of sewer line breakdowns are key to preventing them from escalating into catastrophic situations. Our certified plumbers utilize the latest techniques and technology to quickly identify problems and implement long-lasting repair solutions, saving you from the nightmare of a full sewer line replacement whenever possible. They have seen every cause of sewer line damage and can explain what you need to do to overcome them:
- Pipe degradation: Sewer lines in homes built over 40 years ago were often made from clay or cast-iron piping that are highly susceptible to cracking, breaks and corrosion over time.
- Tree roots: Sewer lines are buried underground, attracting pesky tree roots in search of water and nutrients. They exploit any opportunity to infiltrate sewer line joints and cracks, expanding inside the pipes as they grow, widening cracks, and causing obstructions and even complete collapses.
- Ground shifts: As the ground settles, soil conditions change. Erosion and movement stresses sewer line pipes, sometimes to the point of knocking joints out of alignment and enabling cracks and leaks to form.
- Accumulated debris: Inadequate routine maintenance and cleaning leaves sewer obstructed by accumulated debris, grease, mineral buildup, and foreign objects accidentally flushed down drains. This increases pressure that can cause pipe failures.
Our team will investigate the problem using advanced camera inspection equipment and other technology.
Once we pinpoint the cause and location of the sewer issue, our experts will plan the most efficient and cost-effective strategy for repairs.
Whenever possible, Service Minds Benjamin Franklin Plumbing pursues trenchless repair methods to minimize invasiveness and disruption to your property. One of the most common techniques our team utilizes is pipe relining. This process involves cleaning and prepping the existing sewer pipe, then installing a durable epoxy “sleeve” inside the pipe using compressed air or an inflation bladder. This seamless lining is accurately sized to the pipe dimensions and cures in place over several hours to seal cracks, prevent root incursions and restore structural integrity to the line from within.
For larger sewer line breaks, pipe bursting is another trenchless method we leverage to break apart the existing pipe while simultaneously pulling a new replacement pipe of the same size into place. This avoids extensive excavation work.
If required, our skilled plumbers can also perform spot repairs by skillfully digging targeted holes to access and repair specific areas, or even install all new sewer lines if needed.
Service Minds Benjamin Franklin Plumbing is dedicated to controlling the disruption and damage broken sewer lines can cause. We follow thorough, time-tested processes to accurately diagnose sewer line problems and implement effective, lasting solutions with minimal impact.