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DIY & Home Improvement

Viva_La_Revolution

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1. we had a busted pipe replaced last year

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:25 PM

Jan 2013

We had the choice of jackhammering the floor across the whole basement to replace it at about $5000, or rerouting it and only jackhammering 10ft and thru the foundation. $2500 bucks later, all is good. Over half of that was labor, cutting into the slab and digging the new trench. first estimate seems a little high, the second one low enough to worry me.
The check valve is there to prevent the rest of the system (other peoples sewage) from backing up into your house. I would consider that important, and worth the extra to replace it.

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Help! Plumbing / check valve advice needed stat [View all] Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 OP

we had a busted pipe replaced last year Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #1

Thinking this over a light bulb went off in my head Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #2

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I've got a fuller back story now Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #5

Too bad you can't find something that is water tite. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #6

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