Collapse Pipe Under Side Walk
According to local plumbers, the reason that sewage is backing up into the garden apt. is because there is s collapse pipe under the sidewalk leading to the city’s main. Of course, this has an estimated cost to repair at around $12,000. With that said, is anyone familiar with any subsidiary programs to help homeowners…
According to local plumbers, the reason that sewage is backing up into the garden apt. is because there is s collapse pipe under the sidewalk leading to the city’s main. Of course, this has an estimated cost to repair at around $12,000. With that said, is anyone familiar with any subsidiary programs to help homeowners with these type of issues? Thanks
I don’t have personal experience with it but a neighbor’s sewer pipe collapsed last year — probably caused by recent road repaving — and she paid $13k to have it replaced. It was a fairly complicated project requiring a hole at least six feet deep to be dug out by a mini-Cat, the sidewalk and curb replaced, road patched, etc.
Call econo sewer (econosewer.com) He is very honest, and will do a camera inspection of the line. His prices are also reasonable. That’s the only way to know for sure. 12K seems like a lot, but it is a major project to dig up replace the pipe.
I’m having ther same problem in an 80 year old row house in Queens. Roto Rooter has come several times and cleaned it out for a few hundred bucks each time but the blockage reoccurs within one year. A large pin oak right in front of my house is likely causing the problem. A camera inspection claimed a collapsed pipe but if that’s true, why is it flowing properly for the last three months? All the estimates I’ve gotten were in the 11-14 thousand dollar range. I haven’t done it because it’s not backing up now although I’m sure it will again. Also, even the best contractor I spoke with won’t cover any potential damage to a low brick retaining wall alongside the sidewalk nor the bluestone walkway from the sidewalk to my stoop. I’m thinking of calling in a sewer cleaning company to clean it out before it backs up again but will that be a waste of money? The wife will shoot me if the basement bathroom backs up again.
I paid 8K about 7-8 years ago for a cracked sewer/water pipe. They had to dig all the way out to the street. I used Harris Plumbing on Atlantic. I used them one more time last year when they sent someone to clear debris from the pipes (post construction on top floor). It cost around $350.
We had a leak a few years back, sewer pipe was discovered to be badly clogged, but snaking it out failed and a plumber then sent a camera through to see what was going on, that is how the broken/collapsed pipe was discovered for us. It was a huge mess, replacement of the 100+ yr old pipe was recommended, got several estimates and the costs were all around 8-10K. Can you get a HELOC to help pay for it?
similiar problem, my sewer was draining extremely slow.
tried using a snake but it wasn’t getting through it. called roto-rooter and they brought there jet cleaning truck. i hooked them up to my hose and the tech went at it.
it took him about an hour or so b/c of the denseness of the roots but eventually he got through them. he then did a video inspection and we noticed there was indeed a small crack in the pipe but i haven’t fixed it yet. that was about a year ago.
jet cleaning’s not cheap though, it ran me about $1100.
4 years ago I had a major sewer back-up, my regular plumber was not going to be able to get here until the next day and did not like doing sewers he suggested calling a sewer guy.
I called from the yellow pages, they were there within an hour. I was told that sewer was colapsed and needed replaceing; $10,500.
I called my plumber again he said no, he would come over at the end of the day. He got there called his sewer guy, he came with a huge machine. $250 bill and it has been clear ever since.
A year later a neighbor, similar issue, I saw the $10,500 guy at his house, I warned my retired neighbor of my experience, he told the $10,500 guy that he would be watching the whole opperation to see were the pipe was colapsed, the $10,500 guy decided he needed to go somewhere to get something and never came back…. Rotta Rooter cleaned his sewer for $300.
Roto-Rooter invited themselves over my house after a service call last week. They shoved a camera down the sewage pipe and claimed there was a break. Whether there was any way this salesman who they sent over wasn’t going to find a break I don’t know, but the estimate they gave me was $9,800.00
it sometime depends on how far the house is from the street and whether the sewer is on the far side of the street. the deeper it is the more expense, it rarely does it require the entire length to be repaired. Fixing the sidewalk with a little concrete isn’t that expensive unless they intend to replace the entire sidewalk at the same time(they can and do open small section and dig or push it under).