For your plumbing system to work properly, your sewer line needs to be free of clogs, bellies, and breaks, and it needs the proper gradient to keep everything flowing smoothly. Sewer line service makes sure all of these things happen. Here are the ways your plumber does their job to make sure there are no noxious backups, stopped or slow drains, weird puddles, or bad smells caused by a faulty sewer line.
Simplifying Inspections and Repairs With Video Cameras
New technologies have been a godsend when it comes to your plumbing. Video cameras aren’t all that new. They’ve been used in residential plumbing since the 1980s, but the technology has made checking and even repairing your sewer line that much simpler and easier. Frankly, the video camera has made it possible to check and repair your sewer line without having to dig up your yard. Consider that for a moment.
Using Sonar and Electromagnetism
Plumbers can even map out underground pipes through the use of more advanced technologies. Sonar pinpoints exactly where your underground pipe is located. The plumber can also send electrical signals through the pipe while they stay above ground and use a wand to follow the signals. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is another option that’s particularly useful when underground lines are complicated or the clean-out plug is difficult to locate.
Cleaning the Pipes Out
Cleaning the pipes is the most common way that plumbers service your sewer pipes and keep your plumbing system working. One way that plumbers clear out sewer lines is to open up the clean-out and use hydrojetting. This type of cleaning uses pressurized water to blast clogs and debris out of the sewer line and send it either to your town or city’s sewer system or into your septic tank. Some of these hydro jets even have scouring heads to really get the line clean.
The plumber can also use a rooter or a snake, which removes blockages such as feeder roots from trees and shrubs planted a little too close to your sewer line. Some of these hairlike roots can grow so thickly that they burst the pipe. When the plumber finally takes them out, they look like a grotesque, pipe-shaped hairball.
Repairing the Sewer Line
The new technologies not only let your plumber inspect and clean out your sewer line but also allow them to repair it if it’s broken. Sometimes this repair is trenchless, though there can be situations where the pipe is in such bad shape that the plumbing team still has to dig it up to fix it. “Bad shape” means that your sewer line has collapsed or shifted so far out of alignment that it needs to be dug up for replacement.
Regularly scheduled sewer line service keeps your plumbing in shape and saves you money in the short and long run. It’s a small investment that pays off by keeping your entire plumbing system running smoothly. When you need sewer line services in Mesa, AZ, contact The Plumber AZ.