Re: What to do in case of sewage backup?
- From: Speedy Jim <volks_cleve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:01:47 -0500
peter wrote:
I'm trying to prepare for emegency situations, but I have no answer for this one: if sewage backups out of my sink or toilet, what should I do? I live in a 2 story house with crawl space, surrounded by dozens of similar houses all built aound 20 to 30 years ago. This is not a flood zone; there is no backflow preventer. There is also no rentention pond. The area is on a plateau (flat for miles but is a few hundred feet above sea level).
Crawl space means no floor drains, as there would be in
a basement. Right? So, all the fixtures are well above
grade level.
In that case, I would say there is zero likelihood of
backup out of toilets/sinks due to stoppage/flooding of
the city sewer.
If there was a stoppage, either in the sewer or in your
lateral connection (tree roots) AND you flushed a toilet,
then it would/could backup within your house.
Is that what you were looking for?
Jim
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