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Hi All, I don’t know how to bump up a post, so I am starting a new topic. A bunch of you have helped me out with my basement water questions (thanks again!), and now we know it’s a broken sewer line, based on a dye test.

We have had 3 estimates, all in the $10K-$12K range.

1. Is it still worth running a video camera in to see how far in the break is? We really need to keep costs down, and they’ve implied it could be a lot cheaper if they don’t need to go all the way out under the street.

2. One place said we will have to change the trap inside the house as well, which would involve cutting into the foundation. Do we?

3. Is there any good reason to replace the water main at the same time, if it’s not broken? This was also mentioned.

4. Anybody have any experiences with United Plumbing? They seemed cool, but I haven’t seen them mentioned a lot here.

Thanks for any info. What a headache.