we have a septic tank. The previous homeowners indicated that they were on city sewer and that there were no known problems. The first week (excuse me, day!!!) we started experiancing plumbing problems, which led to the discovery of a septic tank. Who is responsible for fixing this problem…us, old owners, or the real estate agent?

My house is nearly 100 years old we just had to replace our sewer line because it was orangeburg pipe it had collapsed and sewage was leaking into our basement. after the replacement the sewage continued seeping into our basement. we had the plumber come out and look at things, turns out the neighbors to the north and to the east of us are tied into the OLD leaking sewer line. we can’t continue to have sewage running into our basement our house stinks, it is a health hazard and is not good especially since I am pregnant. what can we do legally to make our neighbors get their own sewer lines and stop using an old broken one. they are not having any sewer backup and don’t see a problem…they are not having backup because our basement has become the neighborhood septic system, please help

The city of montebello will not cover any cost of the repair of my main sewer line. Ive had problems with plumbing since 2001 & frequently have service calls of plumber to come out & trim the roots to allow usage of the line. the cost is over 4,000 dollars & I am very unsatisfied that the city will not share or pay the cost. Do I have a case? I would like the tree removed to avoid future problems.

Our toilet was gurgling. I went around to the backyard and noticed there was a perfect hole about 3 feet down. Hubby digs a little big and it all went into the hole. It smells like sewer water, it looks like sewer water. We tried to pump the sewer water out of the hole but it keeps filling back up. The more we did it, the slower it filled up but we can’t get it completely empty.
Is it broken ?
Will insurance over ?
What can we do to fix it ? We plan on calling a plumber but I just want to make sure what the plumber tells us is right.

I’m thinking the average American knows sewer pipes get glued together. Every Home Depot has pipe fittings and glue on the same aisle.
The Contractor told inspectors they did not have any glue for the pipes.
Contractors name witheld to protect Di*K Cheney.
Millions of Dollars in contracts all down the drain.
If I went 4 years without a flushing toilet I would not be a happy passenger on the ShortBus

We installed exterior paneling on our house a few years back, which included cutting a circular hole surrounding a plumbing clean-out. However, the clean out is so recessed that it doesn’t allow for the use of a wrench. It seems like I need a socket tool to access and have enough torck to unscrew the 1 1/4 square nut . Removing the paneling isn’t an option. Any ideas for a tool etc.?

Had recent plumbing replaced and no water is leaking in the basement on the floor. No flooding either.

My sewage tank is bubbiling over. Even from the rock and cement fixture. everyone in town that does plumbing is closed.

The toilet I want to replace is plumbed into a clay sewer pipe that has the female end standing proud of the floor. I have a new caroma toilet with shroud (will not fit over clay pipe flange). I know of the pan collars in plastic (iplex) but have only ever seen them plumbed into plastic pipe (100DWV). Do I chip the flange down to floor level and then silicone a pan collar in?

The $4000.00 down represents one half of the total.