Recent content by benniebeeker

interesting that you say that you have never heard of people putting sewer solutions on public property... most plumbers we spoke with have never heard of this either... there are only 2 that i have dealt with which say that it is possible... to install under the sidewalk, we need to pay an...

on a side note, most plumbers that we have talked to do NOT want to touch the sidewalk... the way our unit layout / main sewer line work, the only we place we can put it is in the sidewalk... we are NOT going to put one in the unit that it is under... the rest of the pipe is under a load wall...

thank you for the reply... do you know of anyone that would be willing to do the flood control system out in our sidewalk??? We got a quote for 11k for a valve, basin, and ejector pump. Does this seem reasonable???? any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. regards, ben

Hello all, Our building floods in the basement every 2-3 years due to insufficient capacity of the city sewers. Basically, rainwater takes over during really bad storms and it just backs up through our floor drains. We have been struggling to get a backflow/check valve installed but are...