Sewer Line in the Basement backing up

[Harnit Koch]

Hi Friends,

I have a property in Buffalo that I bought in August. My PM informed me that the sewer line from basement to street seems to be broken and is backing up in basement since yesterday. This could be due to heavy snowfall recently.

He is estimating this to be an expense of about 10k. Anyone else here who had a similar issue. How much did it cost to repair?

Also, is this covered by insurance?

Thank you in advance!

Harnit

[David Niles]

That estimate seems pretty high @Harnit Koch but tough to tell without seeing the distance etc.  We just did a short run in the front to the street over the summer for just under $2k.  

Also its very rare a line just "collapses"  usually it starts failing and filling over time giving you regular problems.   If you had no previous issues, sounds like your more likely on an older sewer line and with the mass snow melt we had the sewers just cant handle it and your getting backup.