Guide to Final Site Work after Sewer Line Replacement
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• Step by step main drain line replacement, house to septic tank (or sewer)
• Final site restoration guide after sewer or septic pipe replacement

The contractor agreed to remove the old concrete sidewalk that had been a long-standing slip-trip hazard down this hill. Having them cart off those chunks of concrete was a bonus to the job.

We also asked the contractor to leave the final fill mounded slightly "high" over the areas of sewer line trench excavation,so that as the backfill settled we wouldn't see a ditch running down the property.

As soon as the contractors and their backhoe left the site, we scouted up an iron rake, picked out the big rocks and scraps of old orangeburg pipe or clay pipe that had been left, and removed the large rocks.

We put down a mix of fast-growing seed as well as permanent grass seed and kept the site watered. If we'd been in a rainy season we'd have also needed to put down straw or fabric to keep our seed from washing off of the hill.

In less than two weeks our muddy work site was beginning to look like a grassy lawn again. Having used durable, smooth-interior, hubless plastic drain line piping and having made the connections tight we expect the new waste line between this house and its septic tank to remain intact for many years.

Having tight leak proof drain lines not only is required for sanitation, it also avoids attracting invading tree roots

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GUIDE TO SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT
  Diagnosing a Blocked Drain
  When to Call a Plumber
  How to Locate the Main Building Drain
  How to Use a Power Snake on Building Drains
  How to Find Distance to Drain Blockage
  Determining Need for Replacement
  Replacing the Sewer Line, Step by Step
  Making Other Septic Repairs
  Installing the new sewer line
  Bedding the sewer line in Sand
  Final Backfill of the Sewer Line Trench
  Documenting Buried Components
  Final seeding and soil restoration

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Particular thanks are due to experts and also consumers who read these articles and suggest corrections, changes, and additions to the material.

• Daniel Friedman - principal author
• Thanks to Thomas Gleason, excavators, Poughkeepsie, NY 845-454-3730, for the excavating work at the project photo documented here in September 2006
• Thanks to Cleveland Plumbing, the prime plumbing contractor, Staatsburgh, NY 845-485-7700 for the plumbing work and drain clog diagnosis work documented here in September 2006
• Technical reviewers are invited to comment or ask questions - contact us

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