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Oops, I copied and pasted the same thing twice. :rolleyes: Corrected now...

I got responses from two of my contractors: "We do not do lining anymore. We used to and it is a viable option is some cases. The material cost is a 15 times the cost of the HDPE and it is in most cases cheaper to pipe burst it. You will still be required to excavate at the foundation to...

I read about pipe lining when I first started reading about sewer lines. None of the contractors mentioned it, and I had stopped thinking about it. Do people think this is a good solution? >replace the sewer..if not, you will be replacing 3' sections every year at >$2000.00 each till it is...

Once a year for the past 2 years, our sewer line has become obstructed. We got some estimates as to how the fix the problem. We have a 50 year old clay sewer pipe. Fairly close to the house there is a break with a root growing into it. These are the best presented options: Contractor #1 had 2...

Yes, replacing the cartridge fixed the problem. Once I knew to look for the term "cartridge," researching how to do it on youtube was a snap. Thanks for everyone's help!

For a while now, it has been difficult to adjust the temperature of our shower. It would go from hot to cold with just barely moving the handle. Now it's worse; we sometimes can't get hot water at all. We have a standard gas water heater and no problems elsewhere in the house. Is this something...

Hmm, sounds like we at least need to have someone scope the sewer line and see what's up. Any downside to leaving it open? Thanks.

"scald guard / mixing valves on the tub/shower...most likely the culprit" Ah, that's very interesting. Makes more sense than someone deliberately making a cross connection. Probably no easy way to check for this if we don't have cut-offs for the showers/tub? Thanks for your help!

Hmm, we've been here for about 10 months and haven't noticed a problem.

Yes, the house is off the ground. We don't have cut-offs for the showers/tub. It may be a few days before I have times to try this or crawl under the house. I'm guessing that, if there is no flow with the valves off, then the next step is to turn the valves one by one by one until water...

We recently purchased our house and I found this behind some bushes (see attached photo). I'm guessing that this is the cleanout for the sewer line. Why was it left open? (I seem to remember reading that it should be left open to protect your house from backup of the sewer) Should I close...

I suspect the pipes run under the house. I'll have to crawl down there to take a look.

We recently bought a house and I decided that I was going to flush the water heater. I turned off the cold water supply line to the water heater. I then went to open a hot water faucet in the house - but the water kept running! It doesn't turn hot. It doesn't run with full force, but the water...