Your home’s plumbing is intricate. While it may seem very straightforward, repairing problems within the plumbing lines are best left to the professionals. Many of the repairs that can happen are often easy fixes.
Say you notice a problem with a leaky pipe under the sink. A simple call to a plumber can remedy the situation. The plumber will remove the leaking pipe and fittings, replace them with new parts, solving the problem. These are what many homeowners will experience in the course of owning their house.
Larger problems are when most people fear to call the professionals. Any problem that occurs in the basement, under the home, or with the pipes outside the home, repairs can add up quickly when it comes to cost, especially if the word excavation gets tossed around. It’s essential to know that plumbers don’t’ use this word to strike fear into homeowners. Sometimes excavation is necessary to repair the problem. Let’s look at when a home plumbing services professional will use backhoe excavation on your property and examine why it’s necessary.
Sewer lines are buried deep beneath your property. These lines are responsible for removing waste water from your home and connecting it to the public sewer line that every property connects to. For homes that don’t use a public sewer system for their waste removal, a septic tank is used. Essentially the sewer line function in the same manner. For simplicity sake, we’ll focus on the sewer lines that connect to a public sewer line.
Water lines carry the fresh water supply into your home and are routed similarly to the sewer lines, deep underground. The water line needs to be free from defect, or you will notice a change in the running water of your home. Changes can include strange smells and murky to muddy appearance.
To have these lines installed, and ran to your house, a trench will need to be dug. The easiest or less time-consuming way, considering before machinery trenches needed to be dug by hand or rudimentary devices, is to use a backhoe. Plumbers will need to use backhoe excavation when installing or repairing sewer/water lines.
Now that we’ve established the two main lines that run to your home and that to install them machinery will need to be used, why would a plumber need to dig them up again? Backhoe excavation sewer lines will be used when a pipe has been damaged. Damage can occur due to corrosion or tree roots that break the pipe. If your yard has become soggy and seems never to be dry, this symptom indicates that one of your water/sewer lines has been breached.
Backhoe excavation is essential to making repairs or installing new water or sewer lines. In order, to break through tree roots and firm soil to lay pipes or reach pipes a plumber will need the use of machinery that can handle the task. The downside to having this service performed is the damage it will do to your yard. However, grass can be grown again, and won’t take long to reestablish, but it will need to be done to ensure your property doesn’t have a patchy look.
Conclusion
Backhoe excavation is essential when a new home is being built to connect public sewer/water lines straight to the property. If a repair is needed, your plumber will need access to the lines. Using excavation allows a plumber to get a full view of the pipes and determine the proper repair or replacement.