You can save yourself a fortune if you dig and run your own line. But you'll
lose more than you save if you try tapping into the main line. They are pretty
serious about their fines if you do your own tapping.
I've done a lot of things that might require permission from one city or
another. But I've never tapped the main sewer line. I won't even end that
with a yet. It's not that I'm afraid to try, I know the cost of the fines in
many places. Figure if you have to be bonded before you can receive a permit,
you're already on the record for a bunch.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee A. Stone
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] power drain cleaning story
to my knowledge Lenny there is no longer any tool rental places in
our county. there is one plumbing firm who has the contract for the
roto rooter with those cutting blades and there is a woman who has
the Lady rooter. she has a high pressured water blasting system. I
thought we were in good shape with our otside plumbing. sewer line as
it is a straight shot to the street with cast iron installed in 1978
but I am told by plumbers that this clay soil we have will crush and
move cast iron . it is exactly 43 feet from inside my basement wall to
the main town sewer line as we marked if off on our one inch wide
flat snake. . I also found out we can dig and install our new sewer line
up to the edge of the blacktop and then the town says we need a
professional plumber to rip up the edge of the street and do a
connection to the town linebut that sewer line job is still on the"
to-do " list. Lee
On Sun,
Jan 03, 2010
at 06:32:08AM
-0500, Lenny McHugh wrote:
> I have a friend that owns a tool rental shop. He has a power drainer that
he
> will only rent the root cutting one to a licensed plumber. One guy came in
> and insisted upon renting that unit. He told Frank that he worked with a
> plumber for ten years and has used the machine in the past. Frank made him
> sign a paper stating that the shop is not responsable for any damage caused
> by the machine. The unit came with 25 feet of cable. Shortly after the guy
> came back for more cable for the machine. He was given another 50 feet.
> about an hour later he came back for more cable. After he had about 200
feet
> he brought the machine back. He told Frank that when he was out about 180
> feet the neighbor called him asking what is that thing flying around in my
> yard.
> He actually cut through his drain line about 3 feet from where he fed in
> the cleaner. Frank drove past the guy's home the next day and there was a
> back hoe in the front yard.
> He will never again rent that machine to anyone but a licensed plumbing
> contractor that shows proof of insurance.
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