Hi,

My house is three story, my kitchens on each floor drains into a single pipe that connects to the main sewer line that leads out the street. Basically, every time, I turn on water in my kitchens, it goes into the basement utility sink. My contractor told me the pipe is rusted from the inside, hence it will not drain probably, and recommend that reconnect this pipe onto my other pipe that is used for bathrooms. Here's my questions, could a house built in 1970 already have a pipe that is so completely rusted that nothing can be done, except to cut and reattach to another pipe. I want to avoid cutting these pipes. The house seems so need to have such a major problem, can't I just use power drain augers instead?