MrTacos
New Member
I had a backup in my bathroom the other day. Someone came out to rooter it and said there was some places where the line was broken and that it should be replaced or relined. So I've been reading a lot of posts about the trenchless options, digging up the driveway, CIPP, etc.
The one thing I don't understand is, if there are sections of the pipe where the pipe is broken, for instance, where the roots have penetrated the walls, then hasn't whatever we flush down the toilets been leaking out of this pipe? When you do a trenchless replacement, does all that stuff just stay where it was? In my case, under my driveway?
I also haven't seen people mentioning that this is a downside of trenchless vs. digging (I would really prefer to avoid digging up my driveway and street), but if I'm going to fix it I'd rather fix it right.
The one thing I don't understand is, if there are sections of the pipe where the pipe is broken, for instance, where the roots have penetrated the walls, then hasn't whatever we flush down the toilets been leaking out of this pipe? When you do a trenchless replacement, does all that stuff just stay where it was? In my case, under my driveway?
I also haven't seen people mentioning that this is a downside of trenchless vs. digging (I would really prefer to avoid digging up my driveway and street), but if I'm going to fix it I'd rather fix it right.