Sewer Line Problems

Frost Heave and Winter Damage to Shallow Sewer Lines Freezing ground lifts the pipe and thawing ground drops it, and a line above the frost line can freeze solid. Reading winter damage on camera and… Clay Soil, Shrink and Swell, and Sewer Line Damage In expansive clay, the ground moves an inch or more between a wet winter and a dry summer and the sewer line moves with it. The… How Tree Species Affect Sewer Lines: Willow, Poplar, Maple and Oak Roots A willow and an oak the same distance from the same joint are not the same risk. The root habits that matter, the species most often… Sewer Line Problems in Houses Built After 2000 New pipe, same crews, faster schedules. The construction-era defects a camera finds in houses built after 2000, from mortar in the line to a lateral crushed… Sewer Line Problems in Houses Built 1975 to 2000 The pipe does not rot; the installation does. Bellies from poor bedding, never-glued joints, crushed hubs and brittle resin: what a camera finds in a house… Sewer Line Problems in Houses Built 1950 to 1975 The era of Orangeburg, slab foundations and transitional materials. What a camera finds in a house from the post-war boom, from fibre pipe that has gone… Sewer Line Problems in Houses Built Before 1950 A century-old drain system has failed somewhere; the question is where. The materials, the typical defects and the inspection priorities for houses built before the war. Multiple Fixtures Backing Up: The Camera Evidence of a Main Line Block Two or more fixtures backing up means a shared pipe is blocked. Reading the pattern to narrow where, what the camera finds, and what to do… Toilet Backing Up Into the Tub: What a Sewer Camera Usually Finds The tub is the lowest opening in the bathroom, so it takes the flush when the pipe below is blocked. Where the blockage usually is, how… Floor Drain Backups in Basements: Reading the Camera Picture Water coming up the floor drain is either the drain itself or everything downstream of it. Using the camera, the entry point and the timing to…