Sewer Line Repair & Replacement in Calgary and the Foothills

Sewer line repair, camera inspection, and replacement in Okotoks

A sewer line problem is one of the few plumbing calls where guessing is genuinely dangerous. The cost difference between a simple snake-and-flush and a full main replacement runs into five figures, and you can not honestly quote one without ruling out the other. Right On! Plumbing & Heating always cameras a problem sewer line in Okotoks before recommending repair or replacement, and you see the footage on the spot.

What causes sewer trouble in Okotoks homes

Older Okotoks homes from the 1970s and 1980s often have clay or cast iron portions on the main sewer. Clay tile is porous at the joints, which invites tree roots from mature poplars and willows common in older neighbourhoods like Suntree and Westmount. Cast iron rusts from the inside and develops scale that catches everything that goes down the line. Newer homes with ABS or PVC mainly fail at bellies (low spots where the pipe sagged during backfill) and at improperly glued joints that finally let go after a decade.

Symptoms we hear about every week: every drain in the house running slow at the same time, gurgling from a basement floor drain when the toilet flushes, sewage smells in the lowest fixtures, recurring backups that come back two weeks after the last plumber snaked them, or a wet patch in the front yard along the line of the service. Any of these is worth a camera inspection.

How we run a sewer camera

We enter at the main cleanout (or pull a toilet if there is no cleanout) and run a self-leveling camera down the line. You watch the screen with us. We mark depth and direction with a locator wand so we know exactly where any defect sits in the yard. If the issue is just sludge or scale, we recommend cabling or jetting and a follow-up camera to confirm. If the issue is roots, a belly, a crack, or a collapse, we walk you through repair options and what each one actually costs.

Repair, lining, or replacement

For root intrusion at a joint, sometimes a focused cabling and a maintenance plan is enough. For a single bad section, a spot repair by open cut is often the best value. For a fully degraded line, replacement is the honest answer. We coordinate locates, permits, and excavation, and we tell you up front whether your driveway or landscaping is going to be affected. We also install proper cleanouts and backwater valves where they are missing, which prevents the next sewage backup from coming into the house at all. Related: drain cleaning and water line repair.