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allenport (NJ)
A little background. This is a ranch style home built in 1953. In the basement there is a copper pipe that is inside an roughly 30 foot long cinder block wall. It exits that wall and goes into the oil tank room and then turns right to connect to another pipe that goes to the septic line.
The kitchen sink, kitchen toilet, and kitchen vanity sink drain into that pipe. The other side of the house has the main bathroom toilet/sink/vanity and they have new PVC pipe and drain well.
There is apparently some kind of clog inside the copper pipe. It's not so bad that things have backed up yet, but if a lot of water is run in the kitchen sink or the toilet is flushed twice, you can hear/see some water come up in the vanity sink.
I have a handyman that does easy plumbing jobs for me, and he alerted me to this problem while installing a new toilet for me. He's not a registered plumber, but he tried some basic snaking that didn't improve the situation.
I have a plumber coming up this Wednesday 6/8. They apparently have the jet water, camera, etc. type equipment.
Ok, so finally I get to my questions. From what I've read, the snaking and jetting can damage old copper plumbing. If that happens, then what does one do to fix a damaged pipe within a cinder block wall? My handman says it would have to have new plumbing installed inside the basement. An all day 2 man job and mega-bucks. Also, the way my basement is laid out, this would look horrible.
I also like to get a few opinions before I proceed with expensive projects, so I'd like opinions of what those here might do. Would you snake? Would you water jet? Would you put in new plumbing?
Last but not least, in case you haven't guessed, I'm a female, an old widowed female which explains why my plumbing knowledge is so weak. This is not a home that would appreciated from upgrades either. It's an modest small home on a big farm.
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NP16 (OR)
quote: I have a plumber coming up this Wednesday 6/8. They apparently have the jet water, camera, etc. type equipment.
You have time tomorrow and Tuesday to discuss these concerns with this contractor.
1.Camera? great idea.
2. Can a drain snake and jetter damage piping? Oh yes. But pipe in good condition and installed per code should not be damaged during this work.
3. Two guys and all day? Hard to say not knowing the complete job scope.
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