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$15,000 repair averted...simply
The property consists of 3 residential units upstairs and our laundromat downstairs. A while ago we started to smell dirty water. Initially we thought there was a busted pipe for the washers and water was leaking out somewhere and sitting. Well, we were partly correct. However, it wasn't a drain for the washers but a sewer line that was leaking. It was leaking into an area underneath the stairs leading up to the apartments and just sitting there smelling the laundromat up. Im sure customers were not pleased.
Once we found out where the water was sitting we had a "large" company come out and pump the water. The same company came out and ran a camera through the line. This guy was a fast talker and just wanted us to pay them their money to dig up our property and out into the road to replace the whole sewer line.
After that we had our normal plumber come out and run a snake aaannnndddd problem solved. Turned out to just be clogged up.
Point of the story is always make sure to get multiple opinions and try everything cheap first. Instead of a $15,000 bill, we got away with about $600. Three hundred for the pump truck, one eighty for the camera and about one hundred for the snake.