Backups That Return After Every Cleaning
A line that clogs again a few weeks after it was cleared usually has a physical defect. In a postwar house, that defect is often Orangeburg pipe that has started to flatten.
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Sewer Line Services in Grand Rapids
A sewer lateral is the private pipe that carries every drain in a building out to the public sewer, and in Grand Rapids the property owner keeps it flowing at their own expense. We at Clog Busters clear, camera inspect, repair and replace laterals for homes and businesses across the city from our branch on 44th Street SE, and our crews answer around the clock.
Under Section 2.109 of the Grand Rapids City Code, the owner also replaces any lateral section between the building and the property line or public easement boundary, while the city replaces only the pipe inside the street right-of-way or public easement. That split turns the location of a break into a question of who pays, so we put a camera and a locator on the line before anyone talks about digging.
Many Grand Rapids neighborhoods were built between the 1940s and the early 1970s, and a lot of those houses still drain through Orangeburg pipe. Orangeburg is a fiber pipe made from wood pulp and pitch that softens, flattens and eventually collapses as it ages. See our Grand Rapids drain and sewer page or our sewer services across Iowa, Michigan and Missouri.
All work is performed in compliance with the Michigan Plumbing Code and, for one-family and two-family homes, the Michigan Residential Code, under City of Grand Rapids permits and inspections.
