<p>Sewer and water line infrastructure guides specific to Duluth and the Twin Ports.</p>
A house trap is a U-shaped section of pipe on your main sewer line, usually buried in the basement floor near where the line leaves the house. It was standard in homes built through the mid-twentieth century, and if your Duluth or Superior home predates about 1970 there is a good chance yours is still […]
Most residential sewer lines are buried 2 to 8 feet deep. In Duluth and Superior, laterals typically run 5 to 8 feet down so they sit below frost. Duluth requires insulation on any sanitary sewer service with 6 feet of cover or less, and Wisconsin sets a hard 42 inch minimum for building sewers in […]