It was Dec. 31, 2001, a long weekend and a holiday weekend when I helped my daughter move into a home that had been uninhabitable for at least a decade prior to our buying it. It was the heyday of the fix-and-flip market. We’d added a ¾ bath on the main floor, plus a washer and dryer, adding to the water demand on the tiny 1200-square foot place. Basically the only original part of the house left was the stucco exterior and the windows. We had exceeded our budget and wrapped up the remodel just minutes before 9/11. The bottom fell out of real estate and the house we had intended to sell stood empty for four months. Renting looked like the only option to stop the bleeding.
On moving day, we were running the kitchen sink, flushing toilets and running the washer/dryer. The smell caught our attention first. The sewer line was backing up in the crawl space. We called a contractor friend…panicked. We were nervous that our repair could run into the tens of thousands of dollars.
Looking back, there’s some hilarity to the memory. My hairdresser showed up to oversee the repair wearing $150 leather driving gloves and singing, “If I had a hammer….” That was the weekend I learned to pour and finish concrete. We’d used a jack hammer to clear the way for the line repair. Thankfully, we didn’t need the backhoe one friend had guessed we’d need because the old sewer lines in Denver’s historic neighborhoods tend to be only a few feet underground.
If I’d known Drain Solvers then, I’d have made one phone call and saved myself a wrenched back and lot of worry.
Bob from Drain Solvers says:
This would have been a perfect time to use Drain Solver’s Trenchless Sewer Line Replacement. The customer wouldn’t have had to sacrifice their back yard, sprinkler system and patio while making the repairs. Using our Trenchless Sewer Line Replacement method we create small access points to the damaged pipe, insert a cable and pull the new line through where the existing line is broken. This flexible super strong polyethylene is rated to last 50 years!
If you’re ready to add a garage on your property, don’t do that without first having Drain Solvers scope the sewer line to confirm its depth and location. A concrete pad is heavy. Poured over a sewer line that’s too close to the surface can crush the sewer line resulting in a backup inside your home. Be prepared. Scope first. Always.
And if your job does require excavation, Drain Solvers owns its own excavation equipment, eliminating cost and saving you time making your repair.
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Boulder/Denver – (303) 423-1000
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