Advice re sewage pipe replacement

Gillman1998

I have to renew the sewage pipes running cross the back of the house and down to the side gate, current pipes are too horizontal and no flow. This will entail taking up the concrete path, relaying the pipes properly and covering up.

I need this to be a good job so - does anybody know of a good contractor who could do this? Any advice would be hugely appreciated to get through this minefield.

Thanks as always.

Wanderer78

no advice unfortunately, but not a cheap job, the whole run of houses on our line needs to be replaced, wont happen though, built in the 70's, truly terrible job, regular blockages, regularly calling irish water to have it unblocked, best of luck with it

enricoh

I take it you are doing it from aj at back of house to aj at the side gate. Are you rising the aj at the back of the house?

Put up a few pictures and your location

T-Maxx

Can the gradient be improved though? If the start and end levels are fixed simply relaying the drain won't achieve anything, unless the vertical alignment of individual pipes are all over the place.

Gillman1998

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true, I think the gradient will have to be re-dug to lower the pipe as it goes around. Oh Lordy.

Wanderer78

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this is one of the major problems with my own, its not just digging the damn thing up, some serious excavation would also need to be done, before laying new pipe, nightmare of a job, and bloody expensive

standardg60

Blocking pipes is mostly always a result of too much non sh1te material, for want of a better phrase, being put in the toilet so I'd be looking at that first before blaming the fall.

T-Maxx

Definitely worth getting it cleaned out properly before taking action - it could be silted up, damaged, root ingress, a dodgy aj (like in my previous gaff), etc. Especially if it's been working grand before.

tennis12

I had a similar problem and used a company called Clearwide Environmental. Found them great to deal with.

Gillman1998

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thanks very much