[Shop-talk] Service Line Protection Programs?

[pethier at comcast.net]

What mateial is your sewer service?  If it is clay, buy the coverage.

Maybe have the line televised.  That would cost a couple hundred bucks.

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com>
> Hello,
> 
> My water company has been sending me stuff warning of
> the horrors I would experience if the water or sewer
> lines from the curb to my house were to fail, and
> urging me to subscribe to their protection program
> (for about $14 per month).
> 
> Does anyone know if these plans are ever useful in
> practice?  Or are they crippled by exclusions,
> deductibles, etc?
> 
> I guess their potential value would depend on the
> likelihood of having problems with the lines.  My
> house was built in the mid '70's, and is about 120
> feet from the curb, with a bunch of decent-size trees
> between the house and the curb.  I have lived here
> only three years, and have had no trouble with roots,
> etc. What is the typical life expectancy of a sewer
> line, anyway?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug
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