Hello all,
I have a 100 yr old house. It has a full basement, in the corner nearest the sewer exit from the basement to the street it has a (mostly) unused bathroom. We noticed sewer flies this summer in that room. The plumber came over, opened the sewer access, and took the toilet off the floor, and there were many many flies. He cleaned the mess up, and then ran (with our agreement of course), a high speed water cleanup of the sewer line to the street. He before and after took pictures inside the line: It is very old and very full of holes from the trees. It is now clean, but a few flies are still seen. He has been out twice; we cannot find where they are coming from, although he thinks they may be sneaking past the wax seal on the toilet, or other places near the line. We want to kill them off, but he thinks (I might agree) that the sewer line should be replaced.
Ok, the line goes under the slab. Also under our new porch. It is not feasible to replace, at least by ripping up the front of the house.
Should we be thinking of relining the sewer line?
Should we consider other ways to kill the sewer files? (if they are all around the holes in the sewer line) or maybe they are coming from elsewhere??? Should I call another plumber?
Help!!!
Mark
I have a 100 yr old house. It has a full basement, in the corner nearest the sewer exit from the basement to the street it has a (mostly) unused bathroom. We noticed sewer flies this summer in that room. The plumber came over, opened the sewer access, and took the toilet off the floor, and there were many many flies. He cleaned the mess up, and then ran (with our agreement of course), a high speed water cleanup of the sewer line to the street. He before and after took pictures inside the line: It is very old and very full of holes from the trees. It is now clean, but a few flies are still seen. He has been out twice; we cannot find where they are coming from, although he thinks they may be sneaking past the wax seal on the toilet, or other places near the line. We want to kill them off, but he thinks (I might agree) that the sewer line should be replaced.
Ok, the line goes under the slab. Also under our new porch. It is not feasible to replace, at least by ripping up the front of the house.
Should we be thinking of relining the sewer line?
Should we consider other ways to kill the sewer files? (if they are all around the holes in the sewer line) or maybe they are coming from elsewhere??? Should I call another plumber?
Help!!!
Mark