<p>Sewer and water line infrastructure guides specific to Duluth and the Twin Ports.</p>
Quick answer: You can legally dig on your own property, but you cannot touch the public right of way, which is typically everything past the sidewalk toward the street. That portion requires a licensed and bonded contractor. There is also a catch most homeowners never hear about: in Duluth, if you repair one bad section […]
Quick answer: An old sewer line is not the same thing as a failing sewer line. If you have been told yours needs to be replaced and you want to be sure before you spend the money, a second camera inspection costs you nothing. We will run the line, show you the footage while it […]
Quick answer: If your Duluth home still has a lead water service line, the city has a program that pays for replacing it. We are doing this work now, including a recent project where we replaced four water lines for four homes on one hillside. The first step is finding out what your service line […]
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 […]