Drainage Issues? Call a Denver Rooter!

Reasons You Use a Denver Rooter Service

The odds are that you will call a Denver rooter company to fix the drain to your dishwasher, clothes washer or one or more sink drains. When addressing these fairly simple problems they may suspect that you have a much larger issue to deal with. They may suspect a main sewer line is clogged or has roots blocking them.

It is unfortunate but there are some unscrupulous Denver rooter companies that might tell you that you have this kind of bigger problem when, in fact you don’t. To protect yourself against this happening you should ask for a written accounting of what they think your bigger problem is and then send them on their way. Then you can call a different Denver rooter company out to check to see if you do in fact have that type of problem and get an estimate on the cost to repair it.

That great beauty of a shade tree in your yard is often the cause of a clogged pipe that will require a sewer line to be repaired. This is because that tree has thousands of feet of roots that are constantly searching for a source of moisture and warmth. And unfortunately your sewer line is a natural target for those roots.

Due to warm air circulating in your sewer line, water vapor regularly escapes into the surrounding soil. This vapor will attract roots. Roots will seek out tiny cracks, slightly loose joints or other openings. This will let the roots tap into your sewer line because the roots will find a very dependable source of sustenance.

While clay tile pipes are the most susceptible to this kind of root invasion, even the newer PVC pipes are not immune from roots penetrating.

Once roots penetrate your line, fine roots will spread all through your pipes. The roots will cause other debris to get backed and start to bog things down before they completely fill up the pipe. If drainage has started to slow down or if you hear a gurgling sound from your toilet, it will be time to act.

Although roots from trees are the number one reason for damage to sewer lines, there are other ways your line can become clogged or broken. Not all foreign objects will dissolve and can become stuck in the line. General deterioration due to age and extreme changes in weather over a period of time can also cause your line to break or buckle. It could even be that your sewer line was misaligned when installed or becomes misaligned due to shifting grounds.

Denver rooter companies have a variety of ways to resolve sewer line problems. Some will run a miniature camera down the line to see exactly what and where the problem is. This saves a lot of exploratory plumbing. This kind of examination can tell if an auger or high pressure flush can resolve the problem or if more extensive repairs are needed. Either way you will be given a cost estimate before any of the real work begins.