Sewer History: Photos and Graphics
Orangeburgh. Ok for the time. Worn out now.
Just finished doing 40 feet by hand. You'll need a 4" wide flat blade for cutting the sod if you plan on putting it back in. Regular shovel, and a sharpshooter. Many of the new shovels have fiberglass or composite handles that you can really lean on. It would have taken me a month to complete had we not had record snowfalls this winter. That puts a damper on it.
That is the culprit pictured above. Huge root below forcing flow to the sides which were plugged with leaves as I'd left the covers on the cleanouts open to many times. Even where roots had not attacked the line forcing some sort of deformation the line itself was about 3 inche in diameter instead of the original 4.
The pvc you replace it with is cheap and easy to install. It is just that pesky digging.