Broad Ripple Sewer and Water

Have a 100 year-old Meridian Kessler house with lots of trees. Have needed to have sewer line snaked every 3 to 4 years to clear tree roots. At end of March (2018) line backed up from basement floor drain. Called usual company to snake line. They responded and pulled out more roots than usual. They succeeded in opening the line but could not get past an offset in the old clay pipe. Two camera inspections revealed a long belly in line and an offset where the pipe had separated midway between the house and sidewalk. In addition to their bid, I obtained 4 others. Received quotes to just fix offset and also to replace the entire 65' line between house and sidewalk. Broad Ripple Sewer and Water had the lowest bid and did not try to upsell me. They understood my issue and were willing to work around the trees in my yard so as to not damage them. Several others insisted that a lovely magnolia would have to be removed for them to do the job. Broad Ripple Sewer and Water had also recently installed an outside cleanout for a neighbor and I had the opportunity to watch them and evaluate their work. I opted to replace the entire 65' line and have Broad Ripple Sewer and Water do the work. Once I accepted their bid, they set a date with me to perform the work, Utility locator services marked the location of buried gas, water, and electric line. The crew arrived on time at 8 AM with their equipment. As they started to dig they took care to protect the gas line which was quite close to where the new line would connect at the corner of the house. Jon is very skillful at operating the backhoe and efficiently dug a trench for the new sewer line. His crew installed schedule 40 6" PVC pipe on a bed of gravel. Because of proximity of sewer line to water line they had to disconnect water. Sewer was reconnected and inspected by 2PM. Water was reconnected shortly after and they filled in the trench before leaving at 5PM. The next day they returned to snake the line from the cleanout they installed by the sidewalk out to the middle of the street. They also smoothed out the piles of earth and roughly graded the front yard. They powerwashed my driveway and front walk and made the yard as presentable as possible. As part of their service they will return in 2-3 months after the dirt has had a chance to settle and regrade the yard where they dug so I can landscape. They also removed several evergreen bushes for me that I was planning to dig out. Very pleased with their service, the quality of the work, and the price.