jerfan
New Member
Hi All,
This is my first time on this forum so thank you in advance for your help I own a house built in the 50's and recently we added a second bathroom. Before the contractor got started on that, he had the plumbing scoped and we found out that the line which is mostly clay had some root infiltration from a mulberry tree in our driveway, and that it had been patched once before further out along the line so one segment is plastic instead of clay. According to the plumber who came in to scope it, there's a little shifting in the section that's been patched as well.
SO, I'm considering having the line dug up and replaced before it blows on me and makes a huge stinky mess. But before, I had a few questions:
1) There aren't any problems with how the line works at the moment. Bearing in mind the issues I already mentioned, does this sound like something I need to do now or should I just wait until there's a real problem with it? The guy who came in originally made it sound like a crime against humanity that I had clay pipes to begin with. The tree causing problems has been chopped down since I found out about the root issue so there shouldn't be any additional damage done.
2) I already have the scope video from the first plumber who came through. I've scheduled a few companies to cone through to give me bids, and so far the first one said the DVD I already have should let him know the state of the line enough to give me a good bid, and the second said the DVD is worthless since it doesn't tell him depths so I'd have to shell out another $200 to have it re-scoped before he can give me a bid (although this additional charge would be credited toward the work if we went through with the work). So, do I need to shell out for the new scope or is he just trying to squeeze me?
Thanks again!
Jovan
This is my first time on this forum so thank you in advance for your help I own a house built in the 50's and recently we added a second bathroom. Before the contractor got started on that, he had the plumbing scoped and we found out that the line which is mostly clay had some root infiltration from a mulberry tree in our driveway, and that it had been patched once before further out along the line so one segment is plastic instead of clay. According to the plumber who came in to scope it, there's a little shifting in the section that's been patched as well.
SO, I'm considering having the line dug up and replaced before it blows on me and makes a huge stinky mess. But before, I had a few questions:
1) There aren't any problems with how the line works at the moment. Bearing in mind the issues I already mentioned, does this sound like something I need to do now or should I just wait until there's a real problem with it? The guy who came in originally made it sound like a crime against humanity that I had clay pipes to begin with. The tree causing problems has been chopped down since I found out about the root issue so there shouldn't be any additional damage done.
2) I already have the scope video from the first plumber who came through. I've scheduled a few companies to cone through to give me bids, and so far the first one said the DVD I already have should let him know the state of the line enough to give me a good bid, and the second said the DVD is worthless since it doesn't tell him depths so I'd have to shell out another $200 to have it re-scoped before he can give me a bid (although this additional charge would be credited toward the work if we went through with the work). So, do I need to shell out for the new scope or is he just trying to squeeze me?
Thanks again!
Jovan