Camera inspection
A camera on a cable runs through the lateral and records breaks, sags and roots. The footage shows what the problem is and where it sits.
Sewer Line Repair in Dearborn
When a sewer line backs up more than once, or a camera finds a break, the answer is repair, not another cleaning. We inspect the lateral, show you what is wrong and quote the fix.
Sewer work covers Dearborn and the cities nearby.
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Clearing roots
Roots find their way through joints and thicken until water backs up. We cut them back and look at how far the damage runs along the pipe.
Repairing one section
One damaged length of lateral does not mean a full dig. We expose that length, replace the pipe in it and leave the sound remainder alone.
Replacing the lateral
Total failure along the run means a new lateral from the house out to the connection. Under Dearborn’s rules, sewer work needs a separate permit.
Sewer permits in Dearborn
Dearborn’s plumbing permit application says sewer items need a separate permit. Sanitary, storm and combined laterals are on that list, so a lateral falls under that separate permit.
The permit is separate from the plumbing permit, so a job that includes both needs both. We explain which one applies when we quote.
Why home age matters for the line
Half of Dearborn’s homes were built in or before 1952, which gives a house from those years plenty of time to wear out its sewer line. Our sewer line age checker compares your build year with the service lives of pipe materials, but only a camera shows what is actually in the ground.
Clearing alone is a drain clearing visit, and a failing water supply belongs under repiping. The rest of our work is on the homepage.
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Call (855) 321-3426