Replacing Clay Or Terra Cotta Sewer Pipes

It Is Worth Replacing Your Clay Or Terra Cotta Sewer Pipes?

If you are experiencing water leakage through your home’s clay or terra cotta sewer pipes, it is highly recommended that you replace them with the modern PVC variety.

What Are The Causes For Damaged Clay Pipes That Need Replacing?

As we have pointed out, damaged clay sewer pipes should be replaced in a timely manner with a more modern material like PVC.

Root Intrusion

Unlike PVC and other forms of plastic, clay sewer pipes aren’t able to fit flush together. No matter how well they were laid, there will always be little gaps between the sections of piping.

Root Intrusion

These gaps are all that root ends need to infiltrate a sewer pipe system that is made of clay.

Tensile Strength

Clay pipes are strong in some ways and considered weak in others. One of their downsides is their tensile strength.

Tensile Strength

Though they can handle serious amounts of pressure and last for over 100 years, once a clay pipe is compromised, it will quickly crumble.

Clay Flaking

Clay flaking occurs on the inside of a clay pipe. Slowly but surely, a few flakes will turn into a few more flakes, and before you know it, your clay sewer pipes will be compromised.

Clay Flaking

Clay pipes that are essentially being eroded from the inside out, one flake at a time, are prone to catching and trapping sewer sediment.

Misaligned Pipes

Whether clay sewer pipes were ever-so-slightly misaligned from the offset or from ground movement matters little, what does matter is that they are misaligned.

Misaligned Pipes

Misaligned clay pipes are a major cause of disruption to the natural flow of your sewer drainage system.

Replacing Clay Or Terra Cotta Sewer Pipes