Even a small sinkhole is dangerous. From twisting ankles or mower roll-overs, it almost always points to a bigger problem. ~ Not actual photo of job
Customer input: A decent sized sink hole has appeared in the yard by the road near the storm drain. I need it looked at and advised what to do to fix. NEO findings: As customer described a sink hole was found near storm drain by the road. Ran jetter and locator in gutter drain and was not able to clear blockage about 15′ foot before storm drain. Neighbors have disconnected from city storm drain because of issues. NEO actions: Excavated drain line and cut into 4″ line and redirected drain to exit ground level instead of tying back into a problematic city storm drain system. Filled sink hole with gravel then top soil.
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A small sinkhole can reveal deep undercut and dangerous erosion. Running water seeks a path to escape, always. ~ Not actual photo of job
Service location: Canton OH 44708 44708 Hashtags: #dontIgnoreThings; #safetyfirst
Customer input: Both basement floor drains backed up with waste overflow.
NEO findings: Found main line clean out in room behind furnace. Clean out to city main sewer measured about 82’.
NEO actions: Used hydro jet with warthog nozzle to break thru fairly solid blockage about 45′ out. Continued jetting out to 100’. Cleaned waste down drains and flushed trap. Flushed washer drain line that leads to floor drain in basement floor.
This basement ‘Y’ sewer cleanout is very accessible and made it easy for us to do a thorough jetter cleanout of the entire drain from house to sewer.
Water or sewage coming back into the house is a sure sign of main drain blockage. The pipes just fill up from the obstruction backward. Wet basement or garage floor drains are your first clue to a pending drain problem. Don’t wait too long.
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Customer input: Kitchen sink has standing water that wont go down
Kitchen drain runs under Basement floor and connects to 4″ main soil pipe neat main clean out in closet. Filled solid with black sludge.
NEO actions: Discounted drain at fenco coupling in basement and hydro jetted line clear. Ran 30 gallons of high pressure water to test.
NEO findings: Flush-able Wipes (but we no they really are not) clogging main sewage line about about 40′ out from clean out. Also found vent stack on roof obstructed with debris.
NEO actions: Hydro-jetted vent stack to clear blockage of what appeared to decayed leaves. Cleared main lateral with hydro-jetter using warthog nozzle 150′ out to city main. Cleaned and disinfected basement floor where waste had overflowed.
Customer input: I’m not having any issues besides a urine smell coming from a drain. Just want to get the main line snaked to make sure everything is clear.
NEO Findings: Found two clean-outs in basement, one properly plugged and the other open and being used for AC and dehumidifier drain. The washer discharge drainage hose empties above ground at separate floor drain in basement this is where what smelled like cat urine was present. Home owner doesn’t have pets.
NEO actions: Hydro-Jetted lateral line using 80 gallons of water with multiple nozzles, making multiple passes from clean outs well into city sewer……all preventative maintenance. Ran AC drain line and dehumidifier drain hose into floor level CO and temporarily filled gaps with rags to stop sewer gasses until basement foundation water proofing is complete.
Customer input: Had some trouble with main drain awhile ago. Want to have it looked at again to prevent problems down the road especially with up coming winter.
NEO findings: Discussed past drain issues with customer and steps taking to correct. Talked about what NEO would do for preventative maintenance.
NEO actions: Located clean out near floor on main stack. Measured to determined lateral run was about 125’ to city main. Hydro-jetted line with multiple passes running about 80 gallons of water out 150’ well into city main sewer.
Customer input: We pumped the septic and the drain went down the other day. next it’s starting to back again from basement to the tank coming up in the basement floor drain.
NEO findings: Septic was pumped as mentioned, pretty obvious blockage was between floor drain and septic tank. Waste was coming up in floor drain.
NEO actions: Chiseled out old, seized up, clean out plug and hydro-jetted with Reaper nozzle finding soft blockage about 15′ out under basement slab. Cleared and flushed line with various jetter nozzles; washed standing waste down floor drain and flushed out floor; installed new clean out plug.
You need to look carefully to understand what you’re seeing. This is a first floor to second floor cast iron sewer pipe, otherwise referred to as soil pipe. It is in many if not most older homes in the Stark County area. It was still being used in the mid-60’s. I know this because I remember helping my dad install soil pipe as a young boy.
Soil pipe were heavy cast iron segments about 3 feet long with a normal end and a flared end. The normal end was inserted into the flared end, packing rope was wedged into the flare. Molten lead was poured over the packing to the top of the flare. This was the technology of the time.
Look carefully at the amount of rust! The remaining active sewer pipe in this home is basically a lace of rust barely being held together. The water you see flowing is waste water from the 2nd floor bathroom, toilet, shower, and sink.
Needless to say, any attempts of ‘sewer cleaning’ would cause the pipe to disintegrate completely. The only remedy in a situation is to have a qualified plumber re-plumb the whole stack and possibly even replace pipe to the city sanitary sewer connection or to the septic system.
The key takeaway for DIY homeowners is to know the risks of poking and prodding existing plumbing. Sometimes there is no easy way out, only the hard way and the harder way.
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