Sewer Line Repair across Vaughan

Faults that need a repair, not a cleaning

• A collapsed section of clay or Orangeburg-style fibre pipe.
• An offset joint that catches paper every few weeks.
• A belly deep enough that solids settle and set up.
• Roots that have split a joint open rather than merely entered it.

We confirm each of these with a camera inspection first. Nobody should excavate a yard on a guess.

How the repair is done

Once the fault is located and marked, utility locates are requested via Ontario One Call before any digging. That service is free to request and the locates must be in place first. Then the excavation is opened to the depth of the pipe, usually somewhere between one and two and a half metres in Vaughan depending on the lot grade and the house's basement depth.

The broken section is cut out. New PVC sewer pipe is set on proper bedding, joined to the existing line with approved transition couplings, and the slope is checked with a level before backfill. Where there is an access point, a new cleanout can be added so future maintenance is easier.

Inside the basement

Some failures are under the slab rather than the lawn: a cracked cast-iron building drain or a broken wye beneath a floor drain. Those need the concrete cut and lifted along the pipe, the old section replaced, and the trench backfilled and re-poured. It is dusty work. We seal off the area and run a vacuum at the saw.

Repair or full replacement?

If the camera shows one bad spot in an otherwise sound line, a section repair makes sense. If the whole lateral is clay with roots at every joint, replacing it to the property line is often the better long-term spend. We show you the footage and let you weigh it; the decision is yours.