Safe DIY plumbing checks in a Minneapolis basement
Twin Cities
Aerator, flapper, disposal hex, meter test. Stop before you cut a line or open a wall.
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Como and Midway laterals — roots, clay, and a park next door
Drains & sewers · Twin Cities
1920s–50s around the park. Camera to the property line. Roots return every spring until the joint is closed.
Highland Park St. Paul cast iron and Ford-site infill
Drains & sewers · Twin Cities
1920s–50s St. Paul next to new construction. Two pipe eras. One St. Paul permit desk.
Brooklyn Park townhome risers and original copper
Commercial · Twin Cities
1960s–90s north-metro tracts plus townhomes. Isolate one address. Original copper pinholes are a locate, not a guess.
Wayzata and Excelsior lake-community plumbing access
Twin Cities
Tight lots, long laterals, small-city permits. Camera first. We do not open a lake-side lawn without the video.
Stillwater historic laterals and the St. Croix bluff
Drains & sewers · Twin Cities
Downtown commercial and bluff houses. Camera to the property line. We do not open Main Street on a guess.
Woodbury and Eagan builder PEX after freeze-thaw
Leaks & repipe · Twin Cities · Winter & freeze
New east and south metro houses open a crimp after the first real winter. Locate, write the number, open the smallest hole.
Lakeville and Burnsville first-generation water heaters
Twin Cities · Water heaters
1990s–2000s south-metro tanks are arriving at the stand. Pan, expansion, permit — then haul-away.
Trenchless lining under Minneapolis boulevards
Drains & sewers
A liner keeps the path under the elm. A collapsed run still needs a pit. Camera decides, not a brochure.
Sewer backup in a Minneapolis basement floor drain
Drains & sewers
Stay out of the water. If two fixtures are involved it is a main. Camera after we open the line.