Metro Detroit · Sewer backups & line repair
sewer backup? Stop the damage now and fix the problem for good.
Plain answers for Detroit-area homeowners facing backups, root-choked laterals and expensive underground repairs. Understand your options before anyone digs.
Six common sewer problems
Know which problem you have before you pay to fix it.
Each guide covers warning signs, first steps, repair methods and what moves the price up or down.
Sewer Backup Cleanup & Repair
Sewage coming up through a floor drain is a symptom. Find the cause before the next storm.
Read the sewer backup cleanup & repair guide 02Sewer Camera Inspection
See the inside of the pipe before anyone quotes a repair.
Read the sewer camera inspection guide 03Tree Root Removal
Mature street trees and old clay joints are a familiar Metro Detroit combination.
Read the tree root removal guide 04Trenchless Sewer Repair
Lining or bursting can avoid a long trench — when the pipe and site allow it.
Read the trenchless sewer repair guide 05Sewer Line Replacement
When the pipe has failed along its length, replacement may be the honest answer.
Read the sewer line replacement guide 06Backwater Valve Installation
A one-way gate that can help keep storm surcharge out of your basement.
Read the backwater valve installation guideWarning signs
Your house tells you before the basement floods.
- 01
Floor drain gurgles
when the washer or tub drains upstairs
- 02
Several drains slow at once
not just one sink — that points to the main
- 03
Water at the lowest fixture
rising in the basement when a toilet flushes
- 04
Sewage odor after rain
near the floor drain or in the yard
- 05
Soggy or sunken yard strip
along the line toward the street
- 06
Backups every spring
roots or storm surcharge, often both
- How a sewer camera inspection confirms the cause
How it works
Three steps. No pressure.
- 1
Tell us what is happening
Call or use the form. Describe the water, the drains, and whether it rained. Your request is saved with a reference number.
- 2
Get the line seen
Clearing restores flow. A camera inspection shows why it failed. Ask for the recording so you can compare recommendations.
- 3
Choose a fix with evidence
Maintenance, spot repair, lining, replacement or a backwater valve. Pricing depends on scope and is confirmed by the contractor.
About cost
Anyone quoting before a camera is guessing.
Sewer work ranges from a routine clearing to a full excavation with permits and restoration. The price follows the scope, and the scope follows the evidence.
- Length & depth
- How far and how deep the line runs to the main.
- What sits on top
- Driveways, porches, trees and finished floors.
- Pipe condition
- Roots and cracks vs. sags and collapse.
- Method
- Cleaning, lining, bursting or open-cut.
- Permits
- City requirements and inspections.
- Restoration
- Concrete, lawn and landscaping after.
Service areas
Twelve communities, different pipes.
Questions homeowners ask
Straight answers
Request help
Get your sewer problem looked at
Two minutes, no sales script. Describe the problem and your request is saved with a reference number. Prefer to talk it through?
Call 248-331-7754- No obligation to book anything
- Ask for camera footage before any big repair
- Pricing depends on scope and is confirmed by the contractor