three_jeeps
Well-Known Member
House was built in 1964. I have a sewage line (original) in my basement that runs from the main stack, diagonally across/under the concrete basement floor to the corner of the foundation (about 28 ft long) where there is a trap that then meets the lateral to the main sewage line that runs out to the street. About 10 years ago the trap and the entire lateral from the service entrance at the house to the street was replaced. Recently there was a backup in the basement and it was due to tissues getting hungup in the trap at the entrance to the house because the cast iron pipe is flaking and slowing the flow at the trap. The guy that did a camera inspection of the line in the basement showed me that considerable flaking of the cast iron line was occurring but his concern was that at a couple of places in the line there was channeling at the bottom of the cast iron pipe that tends to pool the water. The effect is the waste water slows down when it exits and the reduced flow would probably result in another blockage at some point down the road.
He proposed two solutions: percore (?) approach where they put in a chain cutting head to descale the pipe and then hydrojet and put in a cleanout at the stack (about $3.5K) or, put in a liner from the stack to the trap and also put in a cleanout at the stack (about $8K). He said the pecore approach would take off more of the pipe and could make the areas where it is channeled thinner which may in time rot out the pipe in the bottom.
So my questions are:
Any other alternative solutions (not digging up pipe) ?
Any concerns with the percore approach? (besides taking more of the pipe off).
Do the prices seem ‘reasonable’?
The people that quoted this are one of the ‘rooter’ orgs, would local independents be more cost effective?
Thanks
J
He proposed two solutions: percore (?) approach where they put in a chain cutting head to descale the pipe and then hydrojet and put in a cleanout at the stack (about $3.5K) or, put in a liner from the stack to the trap and also put in a cleanout at the stack (about $8K). He said the pecore approach would take off more of the pipe and could make the areas where it is channeled thinner which may in time rot out the pipe in the bottom.
So my questions are:
Any other alternative solutions (not digging up pipe) ?
Any concerns with the percore approach? (besides taking more of the pipe off).
Do the prices seem ‘reasonable’?
The people that quoted this are one of the ‘rooter’ orgs, would local independents be more cost effective?
Thanks
J