Alex Schieber
New Member
Hey All,
I recently bought an old (nearly 100 years) home in Denver, and have recently had some water leakage near my back patio when the dishwasher runs or when the sink runs for longer than 30 seconds. After having some folks out to look at it, we have diagnosed the problem as an overflowing grease trap.
I had one company come out for an estimate and they said we would be looking at around $15,000 to dig up the trap, remove it, and add new piping where the trap was. Seems very excessive to me, considering where the water is coming form is a gravel area near the patio, so no cutting of concrete should be involved. I have talked to a few other companies in the area and am getting estimates of about $1,000 to $1,500 to simply bypass around the grease trap and leave it in place.
My question is, are there any long term problems that I could run into by not removing the trap? It is buried below grade, so it is out of sight; and (for now at least) there are no odors coming from it, so it would be out of mind as well. Just wanting to make sure that I am not setting myself up for a catastrophe down the road.
Thanks!
I recently bought an old (nearly 100 years) home in Denver, and have recently had some water leakage near my back patio when the dishwasher runs or when the sink runs for longer than 30 seconds. After having some folks out to look at it, we have diagnosed the problem as an overflowing grease trap.
I had one company come out for an estimate and they said we would be looking at around $15,000 to dig up the trap, remove it, and add new piping where the trap was. Seems very excessive to me, considering where the water is coming form is a gravel area near the patio, so no cutting of concrete should be involved. I have talked to a few other companies in the area and am getting estimates of about $1,000 to $1,500 to simply bypass around the grease trap and leave it in place.
My question is, are there any long term problems that I could run into by not removing the trap? It is buried below grade, so it is out of sight; and (for now at least) there are no odors coming from it, so it would be out of mind as well. Just wanting to make sure that I am not setting myself up for a catastrophe down the road.
Thanks!