Camera inspection
A small camera runs down the line and shows where it is cracked, offset, root-filled or blocked, so any repair is aimed at the actual fault.
Sewer Line Repair in Clifton
Roots, cracks or a collapse in the sewer line can each end in a repair of one spot or a full replacement. Call and describe what the drains are doing.
Gurgling drains and repeat backups at more than one fixture can be signs that the line needs a look.
Ways to fix a sewer line
Root cutting
Cutting removes roots from the joint they entered. A second camera pass then shows whether the surrounding pipe is in good shape.
Spot repair
Damage that stays within one short stretch is fixed there, by repairing or replacing only that piece, and the rest of the line stays untouched.
Replacing the lateral
When the damage runs along the line, a new run of pipe replaces the old one, so the damaged stretch is gone instead of patched.
Who maintains the sewer lateral
Clifton’s code, section 375-3.2, puts the upkeep, repair and replacement of the sewer lateral on the property owner, for the stretch from the public right-of-way to the building. A blockage is cleaned by the owner or a private contractor, at the owner’s cost.
Digging in a Clifton street
Clifton Engineering says an excavation permit is required for digging within the public right-of-way of a street the City maintains, which covers the roadway and the sidewalk. A sewer job that opens the street falls under that rule.
The same Engineering page says a permit is required to make a new connection to the public sanitary sewer.
Home age and the sewer line
In the sewer line age checker, 1952 is the starting year because half of Clifton’s homes were built in or before it. Type your own house’s year to replace it. More than 8 in every 10 homes here were built before 1980.
The checker also asks what you are noticing, from slow drains to gurgling or water at a floor drain, and whether large trees stand near the line.
A slow drain on its own is drain cleaning territory, supply line replacement sits under repiping, and every other service is on the home page.
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