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8 Signs It's Time to Replace Your Home's Sewer Line

The sewer line is one of those features in your home that you take for granted. As long as it is doing its job of silently carrying wastewater from your home into the city’s sewer system, you don’t have any reason to think about it. But that changes very quickly once the main sewer line or mainline stops working. Sewer line malfunctions are one of those things you don’t want to deal with as a homeowner or a landlord, says  RealevateSpecialists.com . Problems with the sewer line often result in foul-smelling wastewater backing up into your home. In addition to the cost of fixing the system, you may not be able to use the toilet, sink, or shower as usual during the repairs. Also, apart from the immediate negative impact of sewer line damage, problems with the mainline can predispose your home to invasion mold and pest infestation. Sewer line problems are best detected early. If you can manage to find problems with your sewer line before it creates a mess inside your home, you would b...

6 SEWER LINE MAINTENANCE TIPS

When you flush water through your toilet, sink, or bathtub, do you know where it goes? All that water has to go somewhere and where it goes is into your sewer lines. The sewer line transports all the wastewater from inside your home to the main sewer in the street. Like most features of the home that you don’t see or handle every day, sewer lines only get attention when they stop working. Sewer line maintenance rarely features in homeowner’s or landlord’s routine maintenance, says  PinnaclePMC.com . But sewer line issues can be really unpleasant when they happen.  Imagine the horror of flushing your toilet after use, only for the bowl to fill up and spill its contents on the toilet floor. Or what do you do when bathwater refuses to drain out of the bathroom? These are the kinds of issues that happen when sewer lines stop functioning.  But they can be prevented with proper sewer line maintenance. COMMON SEWER LINE PROBLEMS The three most common issues you may have with you...