About 67% of housing units in Philadelphia, PA (486,136 of 730,630) were built before 1960, the era of galvanized steel supply lines and cast iron drains.
About 89% of housing units in Philadelphia, PA (652,402 of 730,630) were built before 1980, the period when asbestos-containing materials and lead paint were still in use.
Historic rowhouses in Philadelphia often feature shared party walls where sewage spills can migrate laterally into adjacent properties if not contained immediately.
Mature tree canopies across older Philadelphia neighborhoods frequently infiltrate aging clay lateral pipes, causing sudden sewer backups during seasonal root growth.
Homeowners often describe how the city sewer is overwhelmed by storm water when excessive ground water floods the sewer with more water than it can handle, being your basements flooded with backup waste.
A pattern echoed in public discussions is facing a failed sewage inspection where a main sewer drain pipe is clogged, leaving property owners unsure whether to walk away or fix it.
Many local residents discover it is possible you’re on the old private sewer and the old homeowner didn’t want to re-pipe into the new public sewer that runs under the street.
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