What To Expect When You'Re Having A New Sewer Line Installed

Sewer lines are an absolutely integral part of a home sewer system. While all the pipes in your home handle bringing in and removing fluids, the sewer line is what guides anything leaving your drains out towards the street, where it meets the sewer. Only then can any wastewater and other substances poured down the drain be fully gotten rid of. So if you're having a new sewer line put in, you might be wondering what you can expect while the work is being done. Here are a few things you should be aware of.

Displaced Yard

The vast majority of the time that a new sewer line is put in place, it's necessary to dig up the ground leading from the street to your home. This opening in the ground is where the large sewer line will be inserted and connected on one side to your house and the other to the street. While there are some methods of repairing sewer lines without digging up the ground, generally, a new installation will always require this step.

Smells

If you're starting life in a new home or haven't had any major sewer line problems leading up to this new installation, you can likely skip this step. However, if your sewer line was broken, cracked, or leaking underground, you may experience some unpleasant smells while outside near the digging. This is usually because by the time homeowners recognize something is wrong with their plumbing with a cracked or broken sewer line, wastewater has already leaked out into the yard and saturated the earth. As a result, any unpleasant things that may have gone down the drain will smell when the ground is dug up. Thankfully, this won't last very long.

Unavailable Indoor Services

It's always a good idea to have a portable toilet system set up during a procedure like this. While your plumbers will do their best to install the sewer line as quickly as possible, flushing the toilet or using the drains in your home isn't going to be possible while the old sewer line is being taken out and the new one is being set up. If you don't have a neighbor you can visit to use their facilities, talk to your plumber to find out how long the process will take and make accommodations accordingly.

Water Availability

Shutting down the water main isn't strictly necessary for installing a new sewer line. So you will likely still be able to use the water to do things like cooking, filling water bottles, or even washing your hands. However, you'll need to avoid having any water go down the drain. Put any stoppers in place before using sinks or other plumbing for the duration of the installation. Once they're finished and the sewer line is in place, you can drain all your sinks.

Contact a company like Legacy Plumbing Inc to learn more.

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