You can't even imagine the dangers of a clogged sewer line. At this moment, I'm not thinking of a sewage overflow, when the apartment is flooded with sewage. There is a much more insidious source of danger, namely soil erosion and collapse!
During one of our drain cleaning jobs, the client called us to fix a simple small floor drain or drain blockage. So far, there has been no problem and no signs of anything.
THE unclogging Before starting the work, our client informed us that he had noticed that the wall was wet and the gutter in the yard was not absorbing rainwater as well as before. We took on the task and cleared the blockage within half an hour. We noticed that the concrete bottom of the gutter was already in a very dilapidated condition, which we reported to the owner. He took note and said that he would fix the problem that day.
We issued the invoice, then the customer went to get the money. In the meantime, I was talking to one of my colleagues and looking at the cobblestones in the yard, nostalgic about how not so long ago many streets were paved with this type of stone and how slippery it was in the heavy rain. As we were talking, I suddenly noticed that my colleague was staggering while standing still. At first I thought he had fallen ill. But luckily he didn't!
The following sight greeted me as I caught up with him and we both fell:
The soil next to the sinkhole had been washed away over time and a real hole had opened up under the ground. Luckily, no major accident occurred as it was located under a driveway. I must admit, we were very scared, and the owner immediately understood why the wall of the house was wet.
The problem could have been prevented by maintaining the sewage pipe if we had noticed the fault in time!
