Fort Lauderdale Emergency Sewer Line Repair, Replacement, and Cleaning Services
All of your homes plumbing fixtures drains and pipes are connected to the homes biggest (and most important) piece of plumbing—the main line that connects your homes plumbing system to the municipal sewer line under the street.
Did you know homeowners are responsible for maintaining that portion of the sewer system? Yes, that sewer line connection is considered part of your plumbing system which means any time you have a clog, blockage, root infiltration, or any backup problem in your plumbing system, it’s the homeowner’s responsibility to fix it.
A home primary sewer line connection can take a beating with improper use of plumbing fixtures and drains. This sewer line can become clogged (or even collapse) to the point of needing severe repair or even replacement. The cause and prevention of clogged plumbing have been discussed in detail on our page about residential plumbing problems.
While a clogged drain or a slow-running sink or bathtub can be an inconvenience, these are generally easy to fix. When drain pipe clearing efforts don’t work, and all the drains in your home begin backing up at once is an indication of sewer drain clog.
This is when you need the full-service sewer line repair and sewer line replacement specialists at Your Brand Plumbing. We are expert at repairing plumbing systems inside and outside your home. We service all of Broward County sewer line problems.
While frequent sewage backups are common symptoms of a broken or ruptured sewer pipe, others you may experience are:
• Foul plumbing odors
• Gurgling drains
• Slow draining bathtub or sink
• An Overflowing toilet
5 Warning Signs of A Sewer Line Problem
1. Frequent Drain Backups
Using a liquid drain cleaner is never the right repair solution. Though labels say, the chemical will not damage pipes depends on the pipe material. A frequent drain, especially in the lowest level of your home, could be from a blockage or break in your sewer pipe.
2. Multiple Clogged Plumbing Fixtures
An obvious suggestion of an outside sewer line issue is when more than one plumbing fixture backs up at the same time.
3. Strange Sounds or Reactions When Using Plumbing Fixtures
An example would be flushing the toilet, causing water to back up in your shower, sink, or bathtub.
4. Gurgling Noises
Gurgling noises when a toilet flushes or when water is draining in your sink, bathtub or shower are indications of a plumping line problem. Your Brand Plumbing inspection services will find the cause, and their plumbers have the solutions for repair or replacement.
5. A Bubbling Toilet
Your toilet water starts to bubble. To diagnose this, run water in the sink closest to the toilet for a minute or so. If the water continues to bubble or even rise, then it’s not a quirk.
6. Changes In Your Lawn
Typically a sewer line extends from your home, through your front lawn, and into the city’s sewage system. These changes to your yard would indicate a possible problem with that sewer line linking your home to the municipal system. A break in your sewer line will create an indentation on your lawn, or a soggy patch of grass when it hasn’t rained recently may be sewage from a broken sewer pipe.
Your Brand Plumbing will quickly inspect and diagnose your sewer plumbing problems using their sewer video camera. Learn more on our page about our sewer video camera capabilities.
Broken or ruptured sewer pipes, restrict the flow of sewage through the system—resulting in immediate and frequent backups. Sewer pipes can be ruptured by shifting or settling of soil. Increased traffic or the use of heavy construction equipment on the ground above sewer pipes can damage them. Then there is corrosion of older pipes, causing them to break or collapse.
Aside from not planting trees over your sewer lines, this is another event that can’t be prevented if the home is older. These homes often had sewer lines made from porous materials like clay. Additionally, the pipe section connections weren’t as tight as today’s PVC pipes. Trees are one of a properties curb appeal, so If a home buyer doesn’t have a plumbing inspection before purchase, they probably won’t even know where their outside plumbing line is.
It should be obvious a toilet is not a trash can, but clogged toilets are a common problem caused by too much toilet paper, a child’s toy, or other debris. It’s important to teach children that the bathroom toilet is a receptacle only for human waste and toilet paper. When a toilet blockage is a frequent event, it can build up further down the line requiring sewer drain cleaning or repair.
