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Warning Signs your Main Sewer Line may be Failing.

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Warning Signs your Main Sewer Line may be Failing.

While your plumbing system is designed to carry waste and debris downstream, sometimes they just become clogged with grease, hair and other debris.

Residential Plumbing issues and specific Main Sewer Line  Blockages can be a major headache.

Ignoring warning signs will worsen the problem, the sooner you recognize the warning signs of a Main Sewer Line Catastrophe the better.

Main Sewer Line repairs can be costly and in some situations expose your family to contaminated water.

Read about these common Main Sewer Line warning signs…

#1 – Water Backing up in Shower/Bath drain when Flushing Toilet.

If you notice that water backs up in random places as you’re using water fixtures, you likely have a blockage in the main sewer line.

Two common examples of this include:

  • When you flush your toilet, water backs up into the bathtub/shower.
  • When you run your washing machine, sinks or toilets start to overflow.

A clogged main sewer line means wastewater is trying to exit your home now has nowhere to go and is forcing back up other drain lines.

#2 – Seweage Odors – Floor Drains are Wet.

Most homes built today are required by local code to have floor drains that lead to a collection pit where a sump pump carries the water to the surface. Many times the floor drains are located on the base level floor or in basements. 

If your main sewer line is clogged, all the sewage and waste water sitting in the pipes have nowhere to escape. This means, eventually, the sewage will force its way into a secondary drain. And when this happens, you’ll soon be able to see (and smell) sewage coming up from floor drains that are commonly located in bathrooms, kitchen, laundry rooms, and basements.

#3 – Sewer Clean out has Sewage in it.

If you see sewage standing in your yard  you likely have a main sewer clog.

#4 – Multiple Drains Backing-up at the same time. 

Your home’s drain lines carry wastewater away from and out of your home and exit into into your main sewer line

All water fixture’s drain into the main sewer line, blockage in that main line will affect all the drains in your home. 

Drain lines carry wastewater away from your home. Every water drain eventually connects to the main sewer line.

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