Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Well.. after getting 3 estimates and watching you tube vids per Sewer line....

I'm gonna start digging the slit trench and fix the sewer line.
One dude let me pick his brain over the phone.
I described the job in depth.
He provided answers and solutions in depth.
Really appreciated that.
Told me 200 dollars out of your pocket and 4 to 5 days not busting your azzhard.
Rent a concrete saw.
Lever and fulcrum side walk sections out and back once done.
350 to 400 if ya gotta buy pvc to replace, but if ya dig careful the line will spring back up to let better flow happen.
Put chunks of brick or concrete block under line in V to support.
Bury and tamp sides of line, then bury trench.
Dude said most sewer lines are 12 to 15 inches deep and some as shallow as 6.
Already did the figuring looking at the line thru the garage wall and the outdoor hose line above outside.
It looks 6 to 8 inches deep and off set from the hose line about 8 inches.


Estimates 2800 3600 4700.
Dude that let me pick his brain was the 2800 guy and said even if I did have him do it, it would next Thursday or Friday depending on weather.




Ain't like I ain't never dug a hole in the ground in 24 yrs in the Infantry.
And I'm pretty sure a simple slit trench isn't as much as a PITA digging proper grenade sumps in a fighting postion 1 e tool deep..


Well you all have fun...
Cause I know I ain't gonna the next 3 or 4 days.....

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Have fun, report back, post pics

Pard, It sounds like you have a plan and have received some helpful advice from someone with experience in the matter. It's great that you are willing to take on the task yourself and save some money, but make sure to take the necessary precautions and safety measures while digging the trench and working on the sewer line. It's important to work carefully and methodically to avoid any accidents or damage to the line. Good luck with the project!

Sounds like a few days of fun. I wish you a speedy repair.

Oh yeah ...
Gentle digging and scraping horizontal and shaving vertical.
Goal is to not damage it and get it to spring up the bow...

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Digging any kind of a trench in rainy weather is going to be a PITA, no matter how deep it is. Yes the ground will be soft, but it will fill up with runoff every time there's a little shower. Factor in temps in the 40's or below like we're having now, and you'll really be miserable!

I don't think it is very deep coming out of the house in relation to the outside hose.
Probably around 6 inches.

Good luck. Not a hard job. Hopefully its ABS or PVC outside the house.
Just remember not to chew your fingernails.

Goal today is get to the sidewalk about 10 ft away and about 3 foot on other side of it.


Already had the city scope it about 3 weeks ago.
About 28 ft in from the city line is where the bow/ water trap starts and it begins about 7 ft away from the house and runs for about 30 ft .

Dude on the phone said digging about 5 to 6 ft on either side of those measurements should let it flex back to its normal slope for flow...



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Rent a mini excavator. We ain’t as young as we once were.

Wife not up to the task?

Yeah, that isn't a DIY job up here right now.

Good luck!!!!

Good luck, and while you are doing the job maybe drop that turd 79 in.

rented a concrete saw and a trencher to put in a drive grate/drain and run pipe from it down a slope in my back yard.

I learned trenchers like straight lines, they don't like you trying to curve them at all. Had to put that heavy trenching belt back on myself.

Still, I always like projects that let me rent the serious stuff for an afternoon

If it's plastic of any kind (ABS or PVC) I wouldn't count on it "springing back". If it does at all it will take time. It keeps a memory. If it bowed or sagged over time it will take time to come back if it ever does. I also wouldn't ever stack bricks or anything under it. This will cause it to sag between those supports.
Dig and expose it and use small stone or gravel to create a continuous "bed" under the pipe at the elevation you want and then bury it again.

I'm from PA so our sewer lines are installed deeper and probably different than yours , but pipe is pipe and I've buried miles of it.

Oh my....
That is not a nice thing to say at all about a Pard...
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Go to the engineer’s office and pull the profiles on the sewer main for Beacon Hills

Locate you nearest manhole and count your stationing footage backwards. The profile will give you an approximate depth at least at the main side.

Hopefully the last 20ft is not under the pavement or in proximity to other perpendicular services like gas

Your back stationing on the horizontal graph will give you an address determination

The easiest thing to do (if they’ll do it for homeowner) is to have Rat or Alex come out and TV the main from the downstream manhole and mark off the footage witu spray paint where your Tee or Wye comes off the main.

That might be a good idea once I get a look at it.
Thinking I can brick it V under its length of the bow hopefully.
Or like you are saying.
Run down to the creek with the chebby and get some gravel.

Thanks for the advice.
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If its flattened out once it will be weak an very likely to again. Its been compromisedan in a weakened state. Best replace it before you backfill