Camera inspection to trenchless repair
Sewer line repair, lining and replacement in Jacksonville
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(904) 932-0002The sewer lateral is the one pipe in the house nobody thinks about until it fails, and when it fails it is never subtle. We start every sewer job with a camera so you are looking at the actual condition of your pipe before anyone talks about digging.
- Video camera inspection with a located depth reading
- Hydro jetting and mechanical root cutting
- Spot repairs on a single failed section
- Trenchless pipe lining that saves the driveway and landscaping
- Full lateral replacement and excavation when lining will not hold
- Pre-purchase sewer scopes for home buyers
The camera inspection comes first
We push a camera the length of the lateral and you watch the same screen we do. It shows roots at a joint, a belly holding water, offset sections, cracked clay, or the cast iron that has scaled down to a third of its opening.
We also locate and mark the depth on the surface, so if a repair is needed, the dig is targeted instead of exploratory. If you are buying a house built before 1985 anywhere in Riverside, Springfield, Murray Hill or San Marco, this inspection is the cheapest insurance you will buy all year.
Hydro jetting and root cutting
High-pressure water cuts roots out and scours the pipe wall back to its real diameter. On a line where the structure is still sound and the problem is roots or grease, jetting buys years.
It is also the honest first step before lining. A liner only bonds to a clean pipe.
Trenchless lining versus digging it up
Cured-in-place lining pulls a resin-saturated liner through the existing pipe and cures it into a new seamless pipe inside the old one. Access is typically two small pits instead of a trench across the yard. Your driveway, your oaks and your irrigation stay where they are.
Excavation is still the right call when the pipe has collapsed, when a belly needs the grade corrected, or when the line has to be rerouted. Our sandy soil digs easier than most of the country, which keeps that option reasonable.
We quote both when both are viable, and we tell you which one we would pay for.
What the visit looks like
No mystery pricing and no surprise invoice at the end.
Scope
Camera the full lateral, locate and mark, record the footage for you.
Diagnose
Roots, belly, offset, scale or collapse, identified by name and location.
Options
Jetting, spot repair, lining or replacement, quoted side by side.
Restore
Permits, inspection, backfill, compaction and sod put back.
Sewer lines questions we get every week
The tell is multiple fixtures acting up at once. If flushing a toilet makes the tub gurgle, or the washing machine backs up into a shower, the problem is downstream of both, which means the main line.
It is a flat rate quoted when you book, and we credit it toward the repair if you have us do the work. You get the footage either way.
For the right pipe, yes. A cured liner is seamless, has no joints for roots to enter, and typically carries a long warranty. It is not appropriate for a collapsed line or one that needs re-grading, and we will not sell it to you in those cases.
In most of Duval and the surrounding counties the homeowner owns the lateral from the house to the connection at the main, including the portion under the street easement. That varies by municipality and by whether you are on JEA sewer or septic, and we will help you sort out which side of the line the failure is on before you pay for anything.
Yes, the whole system: the line from the house, the tank and the drain field assessment. We pump, inspect and repair septic tanks ourselves, so a backup on a septic home gets one visit and one diagnosis instead of a plumber and a pump truck pointing at each other. See our septic and pump out service.
Need a plumber in Jacksonville today?
We answer the phone live, quote before we start, and carry the parts for most repairs on the truck.