You usually notice it when more than one drain starts acting up. Toilets flush slow. Sinks don’t clear. A smell shows up that shouldn’t be there.
That’s not a coincidence. That’s your sewer line struggling to move waste.
- Tree roots are a major cause. They find moisture, enter small joints, and grow until flow drops.
- Grease buildup does the same thing, slowly narrowing the pipe until pressure builds. In older systems, pipes shift, crack, or collapse altogether.
Art sees this constantly. “Everyone thinks the waste somehow just disappears. It doesn’t. A sewer system is designed to move waste, not make it vanish.”
Rain makes it worse. Saturated soil exposes weak points. What held yesterday fails today. If you see wastewater surfacing, that’s not random. That’s pressure looking for a release.
At this stage, sewer line repair or cleaning isn’t preventative. It’s corrective. The sooner it’s handled, the more options you have.