A church in our neighborhood has allowed the dumping, directly at the back of 3 homeowner lots, in 6′ high mounds, 30 feet from our homes. We are concerned about the health impact of sewage contaminated soil.

i.e. Gas, electricity, sewage / drainage, domestic water, BT.

I recently bought a house with its own personal sewer system. My toilet started backing up and bubbling when I run water out of the tub. I now noticed that the compressor umb is not running. What is wrong. I think the pump not running is the problem, but I do not know where and [...]

In Kingston Ontario, the sewer grates in the sideswalks will sometimes jet out big white clouds of steam. The speed of the stream suggests that it is being forced out. This lasts for at least 10 minutes at a time and there is no smell. What is the cause and purpose of these jets of [...]

I had to have my sewer main snaked for the 2nd time in 6 weeks. The plumber was unable to get his 3 inch auger through my 4 inch pipe. He was able to get his 1″ auger through to clear the drain and stop the sewage from coming out of the basement sink. The [...]

Does a septic system need to get pumped out? What other types of sewer systems are there and which is best?

my husband has called several times and they aren’t doing anything about it. the sewage drainage system at the house isn’t working and its the whole neighborhoods problem so the developers need to fix it and now since its been so long our renters are going to move out leaving us in a bid because [...]

Typically, I clean (snake) my sewer once a year. There are 3 of us living in the house. Does anyone have any alternative advice or suggestions of the time frame of sewer maintenance. By the way I live in a city where we are connected to a sewer system.

I bought a house 7 months ago that contains terracotta sewer pipes. Recently I have been experiencing some backup due to the main sewer line being clogged. I had some plumbers come out and they hydro jetted (power washed) my sewer line and it cost me $2100. If anyone else has had this procedure done, [...]

We had the misfortune of our sewer line disconnecting and causing a back-up into our basement. The disconnect is less than 2 feet below the surface and all we need to do is connect the settled (fallen) PVC pipe back onto our Cast Iron Pipe. RotoRooter wants to charge us $1500, which I think is [...]