Who is responsible for maintaining the sanitary sewer house service?
The property owner is responsible for maintaining their sanitary sewer house service. Ninety percent of the problems the homeowner has with their house sewer service is roots growing through joints and cracks in the line. Roots, when large enough, will plug the line causing water from the house to drain away slowly or not at all. This will require the roots to be cut out of the pipe. The property owner will probably need to removed the roots once a year in order to prevent the roots from growing back and plugging the line. Because of the constant maintenance and potential for sewage backing up into the home, many property owners prefer to replace their faulty line with new PVC, schedule 35, plastic pipe.
