Sewer Line Repair in Kokomo, Indiana
When sewage backs up into a basement floor drain, you don’t need a plumber who guesses. You need one who puts a camera in the line, shows you the footage and gives you repair and replacement numbers side by side. Summers Plumbing Heating & Cooling runs sewer and drain trucks out of 1609 Rank Parkway Court across Howard and Tipton counties, with the cable machines, hydro-jetter, locating equipment and excavation crew to handle the job start to finish. Our plumbers are licensed, drug-tested and background-checked. Phones are answered 24/7, and after-hours emergency service is available when a line is actively backing up.
Book sewer line service or call 765-236-1212.
Sewer Line Problems We Fix Every Week in Kokomo
- Tree roots in the lateral. The number one cause in Kokomo. Mature maples and oaks in the older neighborhoods north and south of downtown find the joints in clay pipe and fill it. We cut the roots, camera the line, and tell you whether the pipe is still sound enough to keep or the joints are gone.
- Cracked or collapsed clay pipe. Many homes built before 1970 still drain through the original vitrified clay lateral. It cracks under settling, roots widen the cracks, and sections eventually collapse. A collapsed section can’t be cabled through; it has to be dug and replaced.
- Bellies and low spots. Soil settles, the pipe sags, and waste pools in the low spot and clogs over and over. The camera and locator show us exactly where and how deep.
- Cast-iron pipe rusted through under the slab or basement floor. Common in 1950s–60s ranches around Kokomo and in Greentown. Scale builds inside until the pipe is half its diameter, then the bottom rusts out.
- Offset joints and separated pipe. Ground movement or an old repair pulls a joint apart; the camera shows a step in the pipe and dirt coming in.
- Grease and scale restriction. Not a break, but the line clogs every few months. Hydro-jetting restores full diameter without digging. See drain cleaning for pricing on that.
How to Tell It’s the Sewer Line and Not One Drain
One slow sink is a clogged drain. These point to the main line: more than one fixture backing up at the same time, the lowest drain in the house (usually a basement floor drain or shower) backing up when you flush upstairs, toilets gurgling when the washing machine drains, sewage odor outside or in the yard, a patch of lawn that stays green and soggy over where the lateral runs, or a sinkhole forming in the yard. If you’re seeing any of these, stop running water and call. Clearing the floor drain will buy a day; it won’t fix the line.
What a Summers Sewer Line Repair Visit Looks Like
- You call 765-236-1212 or book online. If sewage is actively coming up, we’ll tell you what to shut off while you wait.
- We clear the immediate backup so you can use the house, then run a camera inspection through the lateral from the cleanout to the city main.
- You see the footage with the plumber: roots, cracks, bellies, offsets, and exactly how many feet from the house each one is. We mark the problem spots on the lawn with the locator.
- You get written options: cable-and-monitor, spot repair of the bad section, or full sewer line replacement, with the price of each. No pressure either way.
- For a spot repair we call 811 for utility locates, excavate the section, replace it with PVC, connect to the sound pipe on either side, backfill and compact, and camera the line again to confirm.
- We restore the yard as close to how we found it as excavation allows, and tell you honestly what won’t grow back until spring.
Sewer Line Repair Pricing in Kokomo
Every sewer job starts with the camera, because the price depends entirely on what’s wrong, how deep the line is, and what’s above it (lawn, driveway, sidewalk). Once we’ve seen it, you get a written price for each option before any digging starts. A spot repair on a single bad joint costs a fraction of a full replacement, and we’ll tell you when a spot repair is a good bet and when you’d be back in two years. We meet or beat written quotes from other local companies, and financing is available for larger jobs. See current Kokomo plumbing specials.
Who’s Responsible: You or the City?
In Kokomo and most surrounding towns, the homeowner owns and maintains the sewer lateral from the house all the way to the connection at the city main, including the section under the sidewalk and street. The utility is responsible for the main itself. If our camera shows the problem is in the main rather than your lateral, we’ll tell you and give you the footage to take to the utility. We don’t charge you to dig for a problem that isn’t yours.
Serving Kokomo, Howard County and Tipton County
From the Rank Parkway office we cover all of Kokomo and Greentown, Russiaville, Sharpsville, Tipton, Windfall, Hemlock, Oakford, Kempton and the rural roads in between. Homes on septic rather than city sewer: see septic tank service. See all plumbing services in Kokomo.
Sewer Line Repair FAQs for Kokomo Homeowners
How do I know if I need a repair or a full replacement?
The camera decides it. One bad joint or a single root intrusion in otherwise sound pipe is a spot repair. Multiple cracks, roots at every joint, a long belly, or cast iron that’s rusted thin along its length means replacement, because you’d be back digging within a couple of years. We show you both prices and tell you which we’d choose for our own house.
Will you have to dig up my yard?
For a spot repair, one hole over the bad section, usually a few feet across. For a full replacement, a trench the length of the line from the house to the main. We call 811 for utility locates before any digging, keep the trench as narrow as the pipe depth allows, and restore the grade when we’re done. If the line runs under a driveway or sidewalk, we’ll tell you up front what has to be cut and what it costs to put back.
How fast can you get here if sewage is backing up?
Same-day for most calls, and after-hours emergency service when it’s actively coming into the house. Our trucks are based on Rank Parkway in Kokomo, so most of Howard County is under 25 minutes away. We’ll clear the immediate backup first so you can use the bathroom, then schedule the camera and repair.
Does homeowner’s insurance cover sewer line repair?
Standard policies usually don’t cover the pipe itself, but many cover the cleanup inside the house, and some carriers offer a service-line rider that does cover the lateral. We give you the camera footage and a written report you can send to your agent.
Can I just keep having it cabled every few months?
You can, and for a slow root problem in sound pipe that’s a reasonable choice for a while. But every cabling scrapes the pipe wall, roots grow back thicker, and one day the cable won’t go through. If we’ve cleared it twice, we’ll recommend a camera so you’re deciding with facts instead of waiting for the backup that happens on a holiday.
