New Pipe

When we bought our house we knew that the sewer line between the house and the street had some problems with tree roots. We ran a camera through it during the inspection process and discovered that the pipe had been infiltrated by roots and was starting to back up. 

Shortly after moving in we had the line blasted clean with high-pressure water (hydro-jet). It seems that this is a good way to clean the pipe, but only temporarily. The roots eventually grow back and the pipe gets backed up again. We had the pipe hydro-jetted again a little over a year later.

This year, the pipe was getting affected by roots again so we decided to do something about it once and for all. We had it cleaned out and then the rooter company shot a synthetic liner through the length of the pipe.  That is the white material you see above.

The result is like having a brand new pipe. The fiberglass liner hardens inside the old clay pipe and has no joints or seams that would allow roots to get back in. It comes with a 25 year warranty and will hopefully keep us from having to deal with this mess anymore.

Above, you can see the new connection and a new upright clean-out. We're glad we thought to have the sewer line inspected before we moved in. We didn't suspect there was a problem, I just wanted to have a camera inspection done so I could see it for myself. Forunately we were able to get some consideration from the sellers when the issue was brought to their attention.