New sewer line in an old house
I needed my clay sewer line and cast iron stack replaced in my 100-year old house after I noticed water in the basement. I contacted ExpressRooter since they had just completed work on my brother's basement.
Martin inspected my problem, and gave me a very thorough explanation of the work that needed to be done and potential repair expense. I agreed to the work, and he had a crew come to the house the next day to replace the cast iron stack with ABS pipe. Upon inspection of the sewer line with the video snake, Martin showed me that my clay sewer line was completely clogged with tree roots and cracked in some places. So I agreed to have the entire line replaced. Martin had a crew come the following day to replace my sewer line, which involved the crew digging out the old line by hand on their knees and replacing it with new PVC pipe. I have a crawl space with 3 feet of headroom and less in some places. They also manually dug 2 holes in my front yard to access the sewer line.
The crew arrived on time each day, completed the work much faster than I anticipated, and thoroughly cleaned all work areas after each job. You cannot tell that any work was done in the front yard other than the new cleanouts. Martin came at the end of the day to show and explain to me everything that was done.
I was extremely impressed by the work. I will have to admit I was shocked at the final bill. But I realized the work was not a simple job given the logistics of the sewer line in my old house. I did receive a $2000 rebate from the City of Toronto making the final bill $14,000.
I would highly recommend ExpressRooter to anyone who requires plumbing work.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $16,000.00