Repiping and sewer line repair in North St. Paul, MN 55109

If you can't run the shower and the kitchen faucet at the same time, the problem in an older North St. Paul home is very often galvanized steel supply pipe. Over decades, rust builds up inside the pipe and shrinks the opening. The water still comes, just slowly, and brown water after the main has been off is another tell.

We trace the supply lines from the meter to see how much galvanized is left. Some houses only have a few runs remaining after earlier remodels. Others are mostly original. Replacing the worst sections in copper or PEX can bring pressure back right away, and a full repipe is the right call when the whole system is in the same shape.

The narrow lots near downtown North St. Paul put the house, the garage, and a mature tree or two all close to the sewer line. Clay and cast iron laterals from that era have joints that roots work into, and decades of frost movement can shift sections out of line. Backups often show up first at the basement floor drain.

We clear the line, then put a camera in to see where the trouble sits. A single bad joint can sometimes be repaired with a short dig. When the pipe is broken in several spots, trenchless lining or pipe bursting may save tearing up a tight yard, driveway or detached garage slab. We'll show you the footage and explain each option.

Many homes built before World War II in North St. Paul still have the original cast iron drain stack running from the roof down to the basement floor. Cast iron lasts a long time, but it eventually rusts through, usually along the bottom of horizontal sections or at the base where it turns into the floor.

Look for rust streaks, damp spots on the basement wall behind the stack, or a sewer smell you can't track down. We replace failing sections with PVC, supporting the remaining cast iron properly so it doesn't drop when cut. If the stack is cracked in several places, replacing it all at once is often cleaner than patching it twice.