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Main Line Plumbing Repair from the Helpful Team
When a sink or shower drains slowly, it’s an inconvenience. But when multiple fixtures drain slowly, water starts to back up through drains or toilets, and you start to notice strange odors or gurgling sounds, it’s time to treat the root cause of the problem seriously. Contact the team at Ace Hardware Home Services to assess the situation and offer a lasting solution to your plumbing issues.
Common Issues with Main Line Plumbing
• Clogs resulting from food, hair, or debris
• Corroded, cracked, or collapsed pipes
• Sewer connections that are collapsed or clogged with tree roots
• Extra flow capacity needed for remodeling or adding bathrooms
What to Expect on Your Plumbing Repair Journey
Main Line Plumbing
The pipes that drain the wastewater from your home are connected to each other under your home. In typical residential construction, wastewater from all sinks, showers, and toilets ultimately flows out a single pipe to the city sewer or private septic tank.
Clogs, Damage, and Other Issues
If the main line gets clogged up, this usually results in a backup that affects multiple fixtures around your house. If running water in the lavatory sink causes water to flow up through the drain in the tub or shower, your clog is likely farther away in the larger pipe that serves the entire bathroom. The resolution of this problem would most likely require the use of a large sewer auger outfitted with the properly sized sewer cable and sewer cleaning head.
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Increasing the Capacity of the Main Line
If you are remodeling your home, adding an addition, finishing a basement, or adding another bathroom, it may be necessary to modify or increase the size of your main line plumbing to handle the extra drainage needs. Our team can accurately assess your current drainage system and suggest options for optimizing the plumbing to handle any new additions.
Accessing the Main Line
But before this work begins, your plumber will need to find the best access point. This may be a sewer cleanout on the exterior wall of your home, in a flower bed, at the fixture, or under the sink. In some cases, the access point may be a sewer vent pipe on the roof. The team at Ace Hardware Home Services has the experience and the diagnostic equipment necessary to find access points and the root cause of the blockage.
