Cost to install sewer trap and clean out.
The clean out for my sewer line is located at the back of my basement. During the last 7 years I’ve had to have the line cleaned out 4 times and each time the line was snaked, the snake had travel 30 feet to get out of my basement and into the roots underneath my…
The clean out for my sewer line is located at the back of my basement. During the last 7 years I’ve had to have the line cleaned out 4 times and each time the line was snaked, the snake had travel 30 feet to get out of my basement and into the roots underneath my sidewalk. Every time the sewer backs up I tell myself I’m going to get a clean out trap put in the front of the house.
One quote was for $1050 to install the sewer trap, clean out, and air vent. The plumber recommended a contractor to break up the concrete section–3 feet by 4 feet and “punch” the hole in my basement wall to vent the sewer line. The quote for the concrete work was $1700 obringing the total to $2750.
Can anyone recommend a plumber for this work–
Thanks.
GT
No problem. And if you’re still looking for a plumber, I had a GREAT experience with Gateway Plumbing. Their ad is at the top right of this page. Good luck.
Thanks Drew.
GT
GT,
You asked me a question a while back in a post I made about my neighbor’s waste line leaking in my basement and I forgot to reply to you, so I’m replying in your post so that you might actually see it.
I got the DEP to come look at the basement by calling 311. They arrived almost immediately and have been remarkably responsive thereafter. From the beginning, they suspected my neighbor based on the location of the leak. The first crew to arrive put dye in the neighbor’s toilet and checked for it in my basement. It didn’t appear. They asked me to call them back when there was more water since the puddle was rather low at that time (the water rises and falls somewhat randomly). When I called back, a senior DEP was part of the crew and he commented on how the guys usually forget that dye put in the toilet is flushed out too quickly and often doesn’t make it through smaller leaks. He put it in my neighbor’s sink and it showed up in my basement two minutes later. They allerted my neighbor that she had to find and fix the leak, and let me know that if she does not do so in a “reasonable amount of time,” they will give her a ticket and an official order to fix it. No one was chared for the work done by the DEP.
Hope you get this info, I apologize for not reponding when you originally asked.