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Many problems can cause drain blockages, and the specific causative agent usually varies depending on which drain we are talking about. Hair and soap products are the most common causes of bathroom drain clogs. Hair masses trap soap scum forming solid drain plugs. Even small hair particles collect in the drain and form large hair and soap plugs that help to create a clog. Bathroom drains are also clogged by skin particles shed during washing or naturally removed by soap or skin cleansers. During hand washing and bathing, dirt and grime fall off the body and also contribute to drain blockages.


Food and grease are the two biggest causative agents of kitchen drain clogs. Many people regularly pour hot grease down the kitchen drain. People who do this make the mistake of thinking the liquid grease will continue to roll down the drain. Rather, liquid grease quickly cools down and solidifies forming a sticky goo that adheres to the drain walls. Subsequently the fat deposits solidify and harden and form solid excretions, which narrow the tube. With repeated exposure to grease the drain clogs. Foodstuffs such as rice and pizza expand when exposed to water. When a large quantity of foods like these are dumped down the drain, they can block the flow within seconds.

Toilet drains are often clogged by a variety of paper products including tissue, toilet paper, and tampons. In excess these products can cause drain clogs. Toilet drains are often obstructed by objects flushed down the drain by children such as entire toilet rolls, blocks, or even the toilet plunger.

Outdoor sewer drains are the final common pathway for all causes of drain clog. Over and above the aforementioned causes of drain clog, outdoor objects such as leaves and tree roots can enter into sewers. Leaves fall into outdoor grates that run directly into the sewer. Tiny rootlets invade sewers through almost undetectable openings in the seams. Once inside the roots thicken, widen the opening they grew through, and develop into large meshes of roots that fill the sewer. The entangled roots subsequently trap paper products such as tampons that have been flushed down the drain. The blockage organizes and thickens and soon slows and then halts the sewer flow.

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When it's time to replace your sewer, you might want to order a trenchless replacement and avoid that big gash in your yard and the large fee that goes with it. Just two incisions into the earth, one at the start and one at the finish of the broken sewer, and the plumbing company will pull a fiberglass tube through the sewer line and fix it to the inside of the existing line, forming, in effect, a strong new open sewer. That's got to cost less than a trench sewer repair job, which requires hiring heavy duty equipment to dig a deep trench into the ground and then later fill it back up. Furthermore, with the trenchless repair you can save the wear and tear on your prized, barbered green lawn.

Truthfully, there are times when a trenchless sewer replacement will go easy on the cash. On the other hand, often a trenchless repair will mean more money in the end. Why, because video inspection of the sewer line, cleaning it out, video inspection again to make sure the interior surface is clean, applying glue to the fiberglass tube, using a forced air machine to turn it inside out and run it through the length of the sewer being replaced, applying pressure to force the outside of the new tube against the inside of the old sewer line, and then video inspecting the new line is a complex procedure that costs a lot of money. If you just compare the cost of the trenchless replacement with the cost of digging the trench for the same sewer segment, you'll learn that the trenchless job runs 30%-50% more.

If trenchless repair is so expensive, why is the approach so popular. The answer is that when a sewer trench involves tearing up a costly structure, the total cost of the repair also includes the cost of replacing the above ground structure that was destroyed.

As a general rule of thumb if the cost of repairing above ground structures will run 30-50% more than the cost of digging the trench then a trenchless repair begins to make financial sense. To get a precise comparison of the cost you will need to get estimates for both types of repair jobs from the companies willing to do them.

You need to avoid several traps when making your decision. First off some companies will paint a picture of how a trench repair will tear up your lawn. This isn't the case. Experienced excavating companies will very carefully remove your sod and replace it after filling up the trench. With a competent company, you will hardly notice the difference between your lawn before and after. Companies might also claim that the presence of a tree or other relatively small obstructing structure sitting over the sewer necessitates a trenchless repair. Plumbing companies can often dig around obstructions, if they are not too large, and complete the trench without having to pay for above ground repair.

On the other hand if a sewer line runs under a dwelling, other large building or fixed structure, or expensive item such as a driveway or costly patio, it probably makes sense to choose a trenchless repair. In these circumstances above ground repair will be costly or nearly impossible, and a trenchless repair is a beter option .

You should carefully inquire about guarantees that each company is willing to offer before deciding on the type of repair you want to order. Trenchless repair companies will usually offer anywhere from 10-50 years against root invasion. Against this, trench repairs lay down PVC pipe and will often come with a lifetime guarantee against root invasion. 10 years compared to life is a significant difference and important to take into consideration. On the other hand, a pipe buster trenchless repair, in which an HDPR pipe is pulled into the sewer line behind a pipe buster machine that busts up the old pipe, offers a lifetime guarantee on their pipes, because they are equal to or superior to the PVC pipe.

There are other considerations, such as the possibility of water pooling in the pipe, which need be taken into account when considering a trenchless repair. To learn about these problems, you should consult your plumber. Complete thinking about all the considerations will ensure that you are happy with the final decision. Both trench and trenchless repairs will bring excellent results and either type of repair will provide years of good sewer drainage.

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