What the camera shows
Inspection begins at the cleanout. A waterproof camera on a cable is fed into the line, and the monitor shows roots, sags, joints that have shifted and breaks, each located by the length markings on the cable.
Sewer Line Repair in Little Rock
Plumbers of Little Rock works on the building sewer, the underground line that carries wastewater from every drain to the city main or a septic tank. A camera runs through it before any digging, and what it records decides whether the line is cleared, patched or replaced.
Any house has one of these lines, and each wears at its own pace. We base our advice on what the picture on the camera monitor shows.
From inspection to replacement
Roots in the line
Roots head for moisture, which is how they reach loosened joints and hair-thin cracks in a sewer line. Cutting restores flow, yet the way in stays open, so after the cutting we say whether the line also needs repair work.
Repair a section or replace it all
A cracked or shifted section can be reached by digging and swapped alone. A pipe that is crushed, sunk along a long stretch or broken in several places is better replaced entire, from house to connection.
The cleanout
A cleanout is the capped pipe in the yard that gives access to the line. A broken or absent cap lets dirt and rain in, so we fit a new one. If the line has no cleanout, we can add one, and later camera work then needs no digging.
Is it really the sewer line?
A single slow drain points at its own fixture. Several slow drains at once, a toilet that gurgles, a sewage smell in the yard or a strip of unusually green, wet lawn point at the building sewer. A camera run settles the question.
In Little Rock the share of homes built before 1980 is about 53 percent, and in North Little Rock it is about 59 percent. Pick your place in the sewer line age checker, adjust the year to your house and see what that age can mean for the line underground.
If the sewer is fine, try drain cleaning. See also the home page.
Call us for a free quote
Two answers help us quote a sewer job. Which drains back up, and does the pipe end at a city main or a septic tank? Quotes cost nothing.
Call (855) 321-3426