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Having the Main Sewer Line Replaced. Yikes!
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Jennifer @ Decorated Chaos
(IC: blogger)
Last Summer I discovered that I had a major plumbing problem. My sewer line was leaking and causing the main line to sink! YIKES!
In the past 12 months the situation worsened and needed to be fixed before it caused major damage.
So in come the plumbers and their Bobcat! I wasn't exactly sure what we were going to find once they started digging, after all, the house is over 75 yeas old!
I also have never have seen what the pipes actually look like underground so I was surprised to find out that the house had terracotta pipes. Back in the 40s when my neighborhood was built, they did not have PVC/plastic materials to use so the norm as to use terracotta for sewer pipes.
The problem with terracotta is that it cracks over time from the ground shifting and tree roots, so needless to say the pipes were replaced with PVC so that this will never have to be done again! The PVC will last forever! You can see more pictures including the new pipes on my blog.
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Published August 3rd, 2014 7:02 PM
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