HELP with sewer line replacements!?
ok here is the deal. i own a dupex in los angeles an poop and toilet paper was flowing through the releif in the backyard. tried a snake and we ran into tree roots. so we dug up 6 feet of the line and found cracks where roots grew in. dug up 10 to 15 more feet and fund the same. this pipe goes from the rear of the yard down the drive way to the side walk. where it connects to the city the ditch was nearly 6 feet deep. im guessing 200 feet. or so. im wondering how much should i be looking to pay for materials and labor. we will have to break through 70 feet of concrete as well. this old pipe was clay.
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- I;m not familiar with "going rates " for contractors in L.A area but I suggest you look into "trenchless " sewer line replacement its done by pulling a mandrel through old existing line and forcing original clay ptpe tobreak and pulls new plastic pipe through the old. this is a simplified explanation but this method will save concrete demo and replacement I live in Sacramento area and this type of replacement is available here for about $35.00 per ft seems expensive but better rhan replacing all that concrete. hope this helps
