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How to Repair a Broken Sewer Pipe under a Concrete Slab?
15 Answers
- Jerry SLv 72 years ago
call a plumber, this takes expertise and you could make it worse by doing it yourself.
- ?Lv 62 years ago
a new sleeve inside or surrounding the existing pipe,concrete is broken with a jack hammer, then soil dug out muck cleaned, drained of water,done from one exposed end only,,excavate the entire trench,and lay new pipe,
- STEVEN FLv 72 years ago
A common method these days inserts a liner inside the existing pipe to repair breaks. This can be done with access to the pipe at one side of the concrete without access to the entire line.
- Spock (rhp)Lv 72 years ago
two choices ... break through the concrete slab or abandon the pipe and install a replacement that doesn't go under the slab. [btw, what is over this 'slab'?]
- princess pounderLv 72 years ago
usually the easiest thing is to simply run a new pipe line. Maybe it can be above the slab at least until you are near the edge.
- The TaxpayerLv 72 years ago
There are contractors that do that. I don't know how. They don't tear up concrete.