Replace Drain Line Under Slab

This old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to rescue a buried root clogged pipe without digging up the whole site.

Replace drain line under slab.

Under slab plumbing repair costs can easily vary up to 50 or more because of rocky or difficult soils that have to be trenched and tunneled. Trenchless pipe lining is a way to restore your drains for 100 years without the mess and expense of excavation. Other factors that can increase the cost of an under slab leak repair job are trees larger lots requiring more trenching larger houses requiring more tunneling and drain lines under concrete patios and driveways. Typically if you were to excavate your floors to do the drain repair under your slab you should expect to pay about 450 per linear foot.

A reliable relining company can send technicians to do a cctv inspection of drains and diagnose exactly what and where your troubles are. Don t be fooled by the old school plumbers who want to dig up your whole house for three weeks to replace your broken cast iron drains. Because of the extensive damage broken drain pipes under basement garage and other slab floors can cause it s vital to detect and quickly act on these types of leaks. From the break or crack in the water or sewer pipe line water or waste seeps into the ground and your foundation.

Trenchless drain repair under your slab costs about a 150 per linear foot and takes about two days to do as opposed to two weeks for excavation for drain repair under the slab. Tunneling will be required for the under slab drain and sewer line replacement. Or the plumber may want to dig under your property which s dangerous and future settlement of the ground will cause the slab to crack. When getting bids for sewer pipe repair you may be presented with the option of tunneling.