We had a leak in our kitchen, and Schuelke Plumbing came out fairly immediate to begin the remediation and repair services. Very happy with them, and really appreciative that it's a local, family owned and operated company.
Response from Schuelke Plumbing Inland Empire:
Thank you Greg. It was a pleasure working with you.
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Snaked customers kitchen line via cleanout on outside wall of kitchen sink performed camera inspection and noticed customer has orangeburg piping that is beginning to fail. If customer continues to have clogs, then we recommend replacing orangeburg piping to prevent future issues.
Attempted to snake customers laundry line from roof and pulled back large amounts of roots. Followed up with camera inspection of laundry line and right where customers laundry and sink drain go down into the ground there was a large root intrusion that was causing the clog. Was not able to get my camera past this point to see what kind of condition the rest of the line was In. Highly recommend jackhammering flooring and digging down to this section of pipe and performing spot repair to remove roots. Once section is removed we will be able to perform a camera inspection of the rest of the line. Drains under sink where also in properly plumbed in. Performed spot repair on laundry drain as recommended. Removed a cracked section of cast iron pipe that was allowing roots to enter. Performed camera inspection and saw that the rest of the customers 30’ section of laundry drain had several root intrusions. Recommended replacing rest of drain via pipe bursting. Performed pipe bursting to
Attempted to snake customers laundry line from roof and pulled back large amounts of roots. Followed up with camera inspection of laundry line and right where customers laundry and sink drain go down into the ground there was a large root intrusion that was causing the clog. Was not able to get my camera past this point to see what kind of condition the rest of the line was In. Highly recommend jackhammering flooring and digging down to this section of pipe and performing spot repair to remove roots. Once section is removed we will be able to perform a camera inspection of the rest of the line Customer also had a mainline clog that I snaked and cleared from cleanout on side of the house. Customer also has another root intrusion in this section of pipe that I recommend getting repaired
Customers pressure is at 110psi. Recommended replacing regulator and adjusting pressure to 55-75psi Replaced customers old pressure regulator and adjusted pressure to 60-65 psi
Customers old gate valve at water meter was leaking. Removed and replaced with new 3/4 brass ball valve
Performed leak detection and did not see any evidence that there was a pressurized leak on customers water lines. Checked meter and meter was not moving. Indicating there was no leak. Performed camera inspection of customers sewer line from kitchen cleanout and all drains looked to be In good shape. I do not believe the moisture in the front living room is due to a water or sewer leak. After further inspection I noticed almost the surround of the drop in room had elevated moisture as well as around the perimeter of the back door leading to the garage. I believe moisture is entering from outside of the home and causing the damage. Customer had large portions of stucco that was flaking off where stucco and concrete met.
Arrived and found that the detached apartment had a mainline sewer clog. The only available clean outs were blocked by other pipes that appeared to have been shoved inside the vertical portion of the clean out. Attempted to clear the drain by removing the toilet however the angle stop for the toilet would not shut off. Attempted to clear the line through the rooftop vent line but unable to access the line. Shut the water off to the property and removed the toilet. I was unable to clear the line from the removed toilet. I located the clog using the camera’s locator and completed a spot repair at that location. The spot repair was approximately 3.5ft deep in the rear yard. I discovered the orangeburg line had partially collapsed in a 2 ft section. I removed the collapse line and and replaced it with ABS pipe. A two way clean out was also installed. A camera inspection revealed that the rest of the sewer line had extreme delamination and was close to fully closing or collapsing. I was
Maintenance charge for taking trash cans in and out on property as requested
Customers cleanout in front yard has a large belly and was installed in proper. Cleanout only gives access to back towards the house. Recommended removing cleanout and installing two way cleanout to allow access both up and downstream. Dug up and exposed customers cleanout in front yard. As seen by pictures attached customer had large offset where 3” abs connected to clay pipe. Customer also had a rag stuck in the drain that we where able to flush out. Performed camera inspection out to city sewer and didn’t see any further issues.
Customer wishes to have estimate for epoxy lining. Had several root intrusions and needed approximately 30’ of pipe replaced
-Performed camera inspection from cleanout for kitchen sink drain and was able to run the camera approximately 50’ before not being able to go any further with camera. Did not see any issues with this section of drains. -Also performed inspection from cleanout in back yard for bathroom. Was able to go approximately 20’ before not being able to push the camera any further. - performed camera inspection from cleanout in front yard, this cleanout lead us back under the house and did not see any issues except where the cleanout was installed has a small belly (low spot in the line) that’s holding water. Strongly recommend getting this section dug up and repaired. Cannot perform camera inspection out under the street due to improper cleanout installation.
Snaked laundry drain with cable snake. Ran several cycles through washer and everything was draining properly. Attempted to run camera through roof vent. Could not get past laundry/kitchen sink connection due to to many turn and corrosion. When I back large amounts of lint.
Was able to clear clog from roof access through customers main vent. Performed camera inspection and noticed customer had a large build up of toilet paper which was causing the toilet to drain slowly. Was able to flush out debris and toilet paper.
Was able to her line opened. Performed camera inspection and noticed customer had severe root intrusion right before first main cleanout. Sections of Customers cast iron pipe was also corroding away allowing dirt to enter the drain causing the clog as well. Highly recommend jackhammering up this section of pipe and replacing for $1,550. Customer will continue to have these issues until this section of pipe is replaced. Performed spot repair on section of cast iron pipe exiting the house as recommended. Was able to remove large section of roots. Followed up with another camera inspection and noticed customer had another root intrusion where sewer main tied into sewer main by garage. Dug up this section and removed second root intrusion. Recommended to customer to replace remaining sections of cast iron pipe under house and in backyard. Ran camera rest of the length towards city sewer and didn’t see any major issues.
Customers wax ring failed causing it to leak water. Pulled toilet and replaced wax ring. Re-set toilet. Flushed toilet several times and leak had stopped while I was working, tenant pointed out toilet constantly run and shower has a steady drip to it. Replaced fill valve and shower steams and seats