Trenchless Sewer Repair in Upper Arlington, OH 43221

If your sewer line is backing up in Upper Arlington, you do not have to lose the lawn or the driveway to fix it. We repair and replace sewer laterals across Upper Arlington and the wider Franklin County area without trenching along the pipe — using one or two small access points instead of an open cut from the house to the street.

Upper Arlington sits in the cast iron and Orangeburg window

The median Upper Arlington home dates to 1959, which puts it in the period when three different materials were going into the ground — late clay tile, cast iron, and Orangeburg.

Each fails differently, and that matters because it decides the repair. Cast iron corrodes from the inside and builds up a hard layered crust that narrows the bore, which is a descaling job before anything else. Clay fails at the joints and lets roots in. Orangeburg deforms out of round and eventually collapses.

There is no reliable way to tell which you have from the surface. A camera inspection settles it in under an hour, and it determines whether your line can be lined or needs replacing.

Signs your Upper Arlington sewer line needs attention

Most of the emergency calls we take in Franklin County were preventable. Here is what to watch for:

• Repeat backups in the same fixture — especially a basement floor drain, which is usually the lowest point in an Ohio home and the first place a restricted line surfaces
• Slow drains across several fixtures at once, rather than one blocked sink
• Gurgling toilets, or water rising in a shower when a toilet is flushed
• Sewer odour inside the house or around the foundation
• Rust-coloured water at a floor drain, which often points to scaling inside cast iron
• More than one drain affected at once — a single slow sink is usually local, but two together points at the main lateral

None of these resolve on their own. A camera inspection tells you whether you are looking at a cleaning, a small repair or something larger — before the line decides for you.

What a repair costs in Upper Arlington

A trenchless repair protects what sits above the pipe — mature landscaping, hardscape and established trees that would take decades to replace. On a Upper Arlington property, the cost of reinstating a cut driveway and planting frequently exceeds the pipe work itself.

Serving Upper Arlington and Franklin County

We cover every part of Upper Arlington, including Eastcleft, Guilford Place and North Arlington, as well as the surrounding Franklin County area. Older neighbourhoods tend to bring clay tile and root intrusion; newer streets bring bellies and installation defects. Both are repairable without an open trench.