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Sewer Backup Vancouver, BC

If your sewer system is your biggest nightmare, you will be pleased to learn about our trusted Vancouver sewer backup services! We understand the stress and inconvenience of drainage issues and how they often signal more serious problems than merely clogged drains in your household.

But the truth is that a sewer backup in Vancouver comes with a long list of potential causes. Unless you experience a severe flood or soil movement, most warning signs start small with soft blockages that develop into serious clogs. Either way, without expert plumbing system maintenance or protective plumbing devices, you won’t know your pipework well enough to protect it from unforeseen circumstances.

When your sewer is backing up, wastewater and sewage can overflow into your home, causing various damage and compromising your health and safety. Not only does your local Vancouver plumber at Mr. Rooter Plumbing want to protect you and your family from exposure to raw sewage, but they also want to help prevent costly damages from occurring on your property which most Vancouver sewer backup insurance companies don’t cover.

Sewer Backup Vancouver, BC
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  • Whether you’re experiencing subtle warning signs or an emergency situation, having a qualified plumber handle this situation will give you peace of mind knowing that you will be in control in the future. If your plumbing fixtures are repeatedly backing up, it may be a matter of time until more serious signs show up such as an overflowing basement floor drain.

    When providing a more detailed diagnosis and inspection of a sewer backup, our Vancouver plumbing technicians will proceed with the following services.

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Plumbing Video Inspection

Our video camera inspection device consists of a camera with light that’s attached to a flexible cable. Our Vancouver plumber will lower it down the sewer cleanout to access your sewer lateral. This way, we’ll be able to determine your mainline’s health and locate the clog via a signal receiving device. If we suspect a sewage water leak, we’ll use additional plumbing tools like acoustic listening and thermal imaging devices to pinpoint the exact damage locations.

Hydro Jetting

During many Vancouver sewer backup service calls, we rely on our HydroScrub® Jetting tool to unclog and clean drain pipes. Hydro scrubbing involves using pressurized water jets to cut through clogs and clean pipes’ interiors. While it’s a reliable tool for effective drain cleaning and sewer cleaning service, it also plays a huge role in preparing drain pipes for repairs.

Emergency Services

There’s not always time for a detailed inspection if you have a basement flood and need expert assistance in removing waste water promptly. Often, the cause of your emergency situation is obvious. In the event of heavy rainfall, you may experience water running down your basement walls, whether it’s due to foundation cracks or damage in your perimeter drains. This problem can quickly escalate into something more drastic, such as a mainline clog. That’s when our Vancouver sewer backup technicians will take the necessary measures to stop this situation from getting worse. Actions may include using utility pumps to remove excess water and re-optimizing your sump pump if you have one in place.

Another potential accident that can happen is when your city sanitary sewers fails and clogs up. Excess stormwater that can’t flow down the city sewer will back up into your private sewer line and cause an overflow in your basement. This severe plumbing issue can occur on a private property that does not have an effective backwater valve (also known as backflow valve or sewer backup valve) in place.

Plumbing Preventative Maintenance

When we take care of your sewer backup in Vancouver, you will get a detailed assessment of that unpleasant occurrence, along with inspection reports like damages incurred and potential repairs and replacements that they should consider. We understand how distressing plumbing disasters are and will do all we can to help get your plumbing back to normal. Additionally, we’ll offer you the following routine maintenance services and preventive measures that will minimize, if not eliminate future sewer backups in Vancouver. You can protect your home from property damage by hiring a certified plumber for:

  • Regular drain cleaning and sewer cleaning
  • Sump pump installation and maintenance
  • Perimeter drain inspection (also known as French drains or weeping tile)
  • Backwater valve installation and maintenance
  • Tree root removal or barrier installation
  • Waterproofing basement, including securing basement windows

These protective measures are valuable services that we offer to our local community. It’s not unusual for Vancouver to have severe weather conditions that could trigger a series of flood damages. With preventive measures, you could prevent or limit extensive damage. We know for a fact that most Vancouver sewer backup insurance companies only cover a small amount that includes some water damage, and, often, the insurance deductible our customers have to pay is high. When you opt for our trusted sewer backup services, count on our professional plumber to go the extra mile to properly protect you and your sewer pipe.

Why Hire Mr. Rooter Plumbing For Vancouver Sewer Backup Services?

Our professional plumbers have been dutifully serving customers since 1970. As a proud member of the world’s leading home service brand franchisor Neighborly, our team of experts is committed to providing the highest quality workmanship to our customers throughout the Vancouver Metropolitan Area. As a locally owned and operated plumbing company, we only hire licensed plumbers who are bonded, insured, and know how to put a smile on our customers’ faces!

We value our customers from the moment they call, as we know we have what it takes to solve their problem. Our uniformed service technicians offer in-house consultations and plumbing inspection services, during which they will fill you in with details about their findings and offer you various options for the next move.

With our upfront pricing system, you won’t ever have to worry about any overtime fees because we check everything in detail before we write up the cost estimate. This way, we’ll avoid any unpleasant surprises.

Are you ready to schedule a convenient appointment time with your Vancouver plumber? For efficient sewer backup services, we invite you to make the right investment and call our professional plumbers.

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Frequently Asked Questions—Vancouver Sewer Backup

Whether you are suspecting a sewer line blockage or are completely new to this topic and want to learn more, we have gathered a list of questions from our local community. If you have any questions about sewer backups, Vancouver, BC plumbers are happy to answer them all!

  • Vancouver property owners might be surprised to hear this, but there are two major categories for it. First, it’s related to your household habits. Inevitably, your household drains will collect plenty of sediments over time, leading your pipe walls to form a sludge that consists of toothpaste, soap scum, saliva, hair, mineral deposits, and food waste. Even when cleaning your drains with white vinegar and baking soda, you won’t find long-term relief from soft blockages.

    Eventually, these problems will develop into stubborn hard blockages caused by washing fats, oils, and grease down the kitchen drain or flushing paper towels, baby wipes, cigarette buds, and feminine hygiene products down the toilet. That’s when telltale signs like slow drains, sewer gas smells, or gurgling will indicate that a sewer line blockage is in process. If you or other people in your household are guilty of washing these objects down the drain lines, we highly recommend that you call our team of Vancouver sewer backup specialists to help alleviate the stress in your plumbing system.

    The other leading causes are natural and worth mentioning in more detail:

    • Heavy Rain: As mentioned previously, it’s possible that your city’s storm sewer, despite regular maintenance, gets overwhelmed and fails. In that case, many private property owners are at risk of a sanitary sewer overflow and basement flooding. When heavy rain causes damage to your perimeter drains and leads to flooding, there is a high chance that larger debris will get caught in your sewer drain and trigger a sewer backup. Vancouver, BC, homeowners who have received the necessary maintenance and installed protective plumbing devices will be less likely affected by rain storms.
    • Soil Shifting/Home Settlement: When we talk about seismic activities, we refer to small earthquakes that tend to go unnoticed. But that doesn't mean that they are harmless. While PVC pipes underground are highly durable and very pressure-resistant, too much pressure and soil movement can lead to damage like cracks. A damaged sewer pipe will lose efficiency, leak water and start to send signals to your house via clogged pipes. On the other hand, home settlement may be confused with shifting soil, but it’s more about the corners of your home settling evenly into place. While houses are made to settle this way, you can also get various problems with tilting and differential settlement during which the corners won’t settle evenly at all. This highlights a serious foundation problem that will show in the form of severe vertical wall cracks. In the worst-case scenario, this incident could cause damage to the pipelines that are installed underneath your concrete slab. Common issues include water backups and sewer backups. Vancouver, BC, homeowners will need a foundation specialist as well as a certified plumber team for the rescue.
    • Tree Roots: It’s vital to protect your sewer line from tree root intrusion. PVC pipes and their joints are designed in a way so they’re flexible and are less likely to crack. But if they do leak water, they will attract the roots to grow towards them until they infiltrate the pipes and cause a clog.
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