little buddy
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My main sewer line is completely clogged. My lower level toilet is located on a wall and drains directly into the main line. I have several things working against me. 1, the pipe from the toilet goes down about 6 in. and 90's into the main. 2, because of that sharp 90 I was unsuccessful in running a large eel with a root cutter. I was abe to get the eel with a spear head, but again because of the 90 I was only able to send about 24ft of cable through the main. About a month ago I had well known plumber (without rooter in his name) run a eel through, it was slightly smaller than the one that I ran. He was able to free the line and when he left we were able to drain a full washing machine, a full bathtub and sink all at the same time. It drained perfectly. My main runs under concrete for about 50ft then goes about 25ft before it it goes under the street. My gut feeling is that a tree root has found its way in that 25ft section. ( large tree located about 50ft from that area) I feel that I have 2 options. I currently don't have an outside clean-out. Directly on the outside of the wall that the toilet is against, I plan on digging down and installing a clean-out. My other option was to rent a trackhoe and dig up the 25ft section so I could inspect the main in both directions. I know I could hire a plumber to send the camera through the line. That would cost $200 and the plumber said the line would have to be free first, I don't know about that, but that's what he said. So as long as I don't have probems under the concrete and I don't think I do because the first plumber was able to run about 130ft of eel. He didn't use a root cutter,just a spear head, so I 'm wondering if he just bored a hole though the root or broke the pipe. I would think anything from the edge of the street on would be the city's responsibility. I apologize for being so wordy but I tried to paint as clear of a picture as I could.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Little buddy
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Little buddy