Sewers are the backbone of every society (more or less). Without a large network of pipes that remove waste from people’s homes, large cities likely wouldn’t exist. That means your city will quickly run into issues without a working sewer system.
Any time there’s a backup, you’ll need to quickly determine what caused it to fix it in time. Fortunately, knowing what can cause a potential backup beforehand and how to fix it will help you respond more effectively to the situation. Continue reading to learn more.
Clogged Sewer Lines
Often, a backup in the sewer line is a result of clogged pipes. Many things other than normal sewage can cause this. In most cases, various hygiene products, most notably the “flushable” wipe, are the culprits. Cooking fats and grease are another set of usual suspects.
Despite all kinds of public service announcements, people still send these items down the drain, which means it’s up to the city to clean up their messes. If this has recently happened in your city, you’ll need pipeline maintenance services like ours to get in there and clean it up for you. With the way we perform our service, your sewers will still be fully operational during the process.
Heavy Liquid Backup
Even though solid objects are typically the reason for a backup, heavy amounts of liquid can also be a problem. While such a backup can happen from standard usage of the sewer lines, most of the time, it occurs when your city experiences a lot of rain. Rainfall usually makes its way into the sewer system very quickly, and if it doesn’t let up, it’s possible for your system to backup.
Fortunately, this problem will remedy itself once the rain stops or slows down. However, if the sewers take a long time to empty all that water, you might have a solid-based backup somewhere in your pipes that you haven’t discovered yet. It’s usually best to find and clean that out now as opposed to when it becomes a bigger problem down the road.
Damaged Pipes
Sometimes, solids or liquids passing through the sewer system aren’t the cause of a backup. A lot of sewer water will leak when a pipe breaks, causing it to not reach its final destination. Depending on the type of break, an entire section of your sewer system could experience blockages or need to be replaced which is where Rangeline Group can help.
You need to know how to fix the problem, whether the breakage that caused the sewer backup was from a recent earthquake or a tree root that made its way inside. Fortunately, our services can help. While you’re replacing your broken pipe, we can redirect the sewage in a different way to make this process much easier. Line stopping and by-passing through the line stoppers can be the solution.
