The new state where you are living seems lovely, but you are adjusting to some problems at your rental. You are loving the classes and people so far, and your new place is liveable entirely due to the efforts of your mother and best friend. And while having a livable place is a major blessing, minor sewer gas leaks and subsequent shutdown of the water in your apartment has me without hot water for at least a couple days. The below freezing temperatures outside and the previous tenant’s failure to pay an internet bill has you waiting at least a couple of days for the provider to allow you to have internet. This is not an ideal start, and the fact that you are still recovering from the flu and trying to be home for your new puppy as he gets used to the new place, too, has provided some challenges.
Today you will leave your dog home with lots of blankets and a sweater, and hope that by the time you get home from classes the sewer gas leaks will have been fixed and that the water will be turned back on.
Sewer Line Repairs Require the Help of Trained Professionals
Whether you are in need of trenchless sewer line repair or other kinds of trenchless plumbing, it is important to work with experienced professionals. And while there are many times when home owners might think that they can fix their problems themselves, sewer gas leaks are serious situations which often involve complicated solutions.
Consider some of these statistics about the sewer issues that some parts of the country face and the impact that these repairs have on the economy of the nation:
- America’s aging sewer systems spill an estimated 1.26 trillion gallons of untreated sewage every year.
- Untreated sewage flows out of America’s treatment plants during the 23,000 to 75,000 sanitary-sewer overflows that happen per year, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates.
- A mere one-eighth inch, equal to a 3 millimeter, crack in a pipe can spew out more than 250 gallons of water in a day.
- Although you could spend anywhere between $1,050 and $4,013, the average cost to repair a sewer main is $2,523, depending on the kind of damage.
- 3 to 10 billion gallons of untreated waste is released from our sewage-treatment plants every single year.
- Testing a section of pipe will be completed in approximately one hour if the smoke testing process is used.
Whether you are a graduate student adjusting to a new apartment in a new city or you are the owner of a home in an area of town where the sewer systems are decades old, it is important that you seek out the right resources when you are facing a major problem.