Sewer Line Repair in Glendale, Camera First, No Guessing
Recurring backups, gurgling drains, sewage smell without a visible cause. The problem may be underground. The camera goes in the line first, same day on most calls. You see the footage before anybody talks about digging.
Glendale banned outhouses inside town limits in 1924, and better than 150 houses were connected to the sewer the next year. The city has been sewer-served ever since, which means the oldest lines under Glendale have had a very long time to settle, crack and take on roots.
Why Every Glendale House Owns a Lateral
Glendale has no meaningful septic population inside the city limits. Municipal sewer is the standard here, which means effectively every house in the city owns a lateral, and that lateral is the only stretch of the trip that belongs to you. Past your property line it joins the Sub-Regional Operating Group system that Glendale shares with Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and Tempe, gets treated at the 91st Avenue plant through a nitrification and denitrification process, and stops being your problem. About one fifth of Glendale's houses were finished in 2000 or later. The other four fifths were not, and on the older ones, age is the first thing a camera is looking at before anybody talks about a repair.
What leaves a Glendale house ends up at the 91st Avenue plant, which Glendale shares with Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and Tempe. That end of the trip is five cities' problem. The line under your yard is one house's problem.
Wondering what the warning signs of a failing sewer line look like, why we always start with a camera inspection, or whether trenchless repair or a traditional dig fits your property? Our sewer line repair page and trenchless sewer line page cover all of it, and the same answers apply here in Glendale.
Frequently Asked Questions
I-17 north and Grand Avenue are the two ways into Glendale from our Phoenix office, and either one runs about 30 to 40 minutes. Sewer calls are same-day service on most jobs, and the camera goes down the line before anybody talks about digging.
At the point your lateral reaches the city main. Glendale is sewer-served city-wide with no significant septic population inside the limits, so effectively every house here owns a lateral. About a fifth of Glendale's houses were finished in 2000 or later. The other four fifths were not, and on those, the age of the line is the first thing a camera is looking at.