Diagnosis · 5 min read
Seven signs your sewer line is failing before it backs up
Slow drains in more than one fixture, gurgling, patches of unusually green lawn, and the four other early signals worth acting on.
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Guides & resources
What we would tell
you on the phone.
Plain explanations of what fails, why it fails, what the methods actually cost, and how to tell whether the quote in front of you is a fair one.
Diagnosis · 7 min read
Orangeburg pipe in Westchester homes: how to tell if you have it
The fibre-conduit sewer pipe installed across the county from the 1940s to the 1970s, why all of it is now failing, and how to find out what is under your property.
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Cost · 9 min read
Trenchless vs. open-cut: the real cost comparison
Why the quote with the lower number on it is frequently the more expensive job once restoration is counted honestly.
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Buying · 6 min read
Why a sewer inspection belongs in every Westchester home purchase
Standard home inspections stop at the foundation. Here is what that leaves you exposed to, and what an inspection costs against what it saves.
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Diagnosis · 6 min read
Root intrusion in clay sewer lines, and why cabling never ends it
What actually happens at a mortared clay joint, and why an annual clearing is a subscription rather than a repair.
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Multi-Unit · 10 min read
A board member’s guide to planning for a shared sewer line
How to get a defensible condition assessment, what belongs in a reserve study, and how to phase a capital sewer project.
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We are writing these as we go. If you have a question about your line that is not answered here, call us and ask. The answer is free whether or not you ever hire us.
Next step
Start with footage.
Then decide what it needs.
Every Freitas job begins with a camera survey, because a five-figure repair decision should be made from evidence rather than from a guess at the cleanout. Tell us what the property is doing and we will take it from there.
- Camera survey before any recommendation, every time
- Written scope with each viable method priced side by side
- Your own copy of the footage, whoever you hire
- One licensed in-house crew, never subcontracted