A sewer main is the large, city-owned pipe that runs down your street and carries wastewater from many homes to the treatment plant. Your lateral, also called the building sewer, is the pipe that runs from your house out to that main, and it belongs to you. That single distinction decides who pays when something goes wrong, and it is almost always the homeowner. Here is how the two differ,...

Sewer pipe damage is one of those problems homeowners never want to deal with. It can start small, like a slow drain or bad smell, and quickly turn into a major repair. The first question most people ask is simple: how much will it cost? When researching sewer issues, you’ll often come across the term trenchless sewer repair cost. This is because modern repair methods have changed how...