Camera inspection
Fed in at the cleanout, the inspection camera records every foot it travels. From the footage the plumber can name the pipe material and point to offset joints, root masses or cracks, each with its distance from the cleanout.
Sewer Line Repair in Garland
Gurgling toilets, a sewage smell in the yard, drains that back up again soon after being cleared or a soggy strip of lawn along the sewer route can mean the line is cracked, sagging or full of roots. A camera run shows which.
This page covers the repair options, Garland’s sewer relay permit and what the city inspector looks for on a new line.
Sewer repair options
Clearing roots
Roots that have forced their way in at the joints get cut back with a cable cutter or blasted out with a high-pressure jet. Flow comes back, though the gaps that let the roots in remain.
Repairing one section
If the footage shows a single failed length with healthy pipe on both sides, a trench is opened over that spot alone and only the bad piece is renewed.
Replacing the line
A line that has failed along its length is relaid with new pipe at a proper slope, with a new cleanout near the house.
Garland’s sewer relay permit
Replacing any portion of a sewer line in Garland, even a short stretch, takes a permit. Someone who owns the house, lives in it and claims it as a homestead can apply with a Homeowner’s Affidavit. Anyone else needs a state-licensed master plumber registered with the City of Garland to take out the permit, and for a rental home that registered master plumber has to do the repairs, with no exceptions.
What the inspector checks
The new line needs a fall of at least 1/8 inch per foot, a two-way cleanout close to the house and an extension at least 1 foot past the property line. It is filled with water for the test, and every joint must be exposed with no water standing in the ditch.
Once the inspection is approved, the line is tied in temporarily so the house keeps its sewer service. The inspector releases the job to the Water Department, which makes the connection permanent and takes about three working days to start that work.
When your house was built
Give the sewer line age checker the year your house was finished and it lists the sewer and supply materials of that period alongside their expected service life. For Garland as a whole, half the homes were built in or before 1978, and a little over 1 in 10 date from before 1960.
Clearing a clog where the pipe is still whole falls under drain cleaning. Corroded supply pipe calls for repiping. Any other service can be found from the homepage.
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