Using a Vacuum Trailer Attached to a HDPE Pipe, Contractor Unblocks Sewer Pipe for Homeowner

Contractor finds a unique approach for cleaning out a stone-filled pipe while also installing a new pipe.

Using a Vacuum Trailer Attached to a HDPE Pipe, Contractor Unblocks Sewer Pipe for Homeowner

Crews from R.I.C. Plumbing use a vacuum excavator with its hose attached to the end of the HDPE pipe to vacuum out crushed stone and push the pipe through the sewer line.

Scott Kuhns knew it wouldn’t be a normal run-of-the-mill job when he found out his company was the fourth one called in to try and find the cause of a sewer lateral blockage.

“We were referred to the customer by the third plumber who had been there,” says Kuhns, co-owner of...

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