In Portland Oregon new standards are being set when it comes to selling or buying a home, most informed buyers are requiring that you first have a sewer scope, this process is complete after a small camera is fed through the existing line exposing any Gaps, breaks, pooling, or root intrusion and also determining the overall quality of your line as well as to look for signs of a “Party Sewer”. When more than one house’s sewer lines connect together before reaching the city mainline it becomes a “Party Sewer”.
I have witnessed a scenario unfold too many times to count where a new homeowner finds themselves with an unsuspecting 6-15 thousand dollar bill at their feet. This all could have been avoided by insisting on a sewer scope before the purchase of their new home. What happens is a sewer line backs up at your neighbors house, they do a sewer scope to determine what the problem is and find out that they are hooked to a “Party Sewer” with you. The city requires them to run a new line to city mainline leaving you high and dry with the city knocking at your door telling you to do the same.
I encourage all future home buyers to find a local contractor to perform a sewer scope (approx. $99.)before signing papers on your new home. It will give you peace of mind and could be a bargaining chip when negotiating a price.
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1 Reme Walker // Oct 21, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Most residential sewer leaks & root intrusions can be fixed with the technique outlined in “The amazing $20 sewer repair” the E-book. It will easily seal cracks and holes in the pipe and kill roots as well as suppress future root growth. The repair is actually better than a lot of the expensive methods and it can be maintained indefinitely. The repair will show up as a patch on a sewer scope. Very few, older houses, have a totally intact sewer line. The E-book is available on eBay and it will be on Amazon.com soon.
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