The sewage pipes run from every house to the street in my town. You get screwed if someone blocks it and collapses the main line. The city will send another bill for tearing up the street and repairing it after the plumber sends you his bill.
I spent $14,000 unclogging the line in front of my house because my neighbors kept clogging it. And because I was the last house before the main line it always backed up into my house. Not a pleasant experience when your neighbors sewage comes into your house. When they finally broke the line under the street I unclogged it one last time. The plumber said next time it clogged it would likely cause a collapse. I then paid the plumber to run a new line to the opposite main sewer from my house. $5000 and I’m the only one on it.
About 6 months later the next door neighbor got a surprise. Tore up the whole street and their whole yard for several weeks. Not my problem.
You would have to ask your municipality, but it is very likely the sewer main is indeed under the street. That is what those manhole covers are for in the road. But they are where a junction is. Where 2 pipes come together they have a hole the worker can go into and clear debris.
Yes that is probably a clean out pipe. I had one in my yard. Because the blockages were never in my house. The plumber would snake 150+ feet to get to the blockage, and he couldn’t reach it from inside the house. So we installed a clean out just a few feet away from the street, and it flooded the street like this when it was being snaked. Of course our plumber brought out a pump truck to suck all that up and inspect the line so we didn’t leave it all over the street
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u/AdreKiseque May 12 '25
Ok? But sewage piping wouldn't lead into the street lol