Not every house on Jady Hill will require a new  sanitary line, only about 80.

There are about 230 ? homes in the affected area.

The cost will vary for each of the 80 or so homes as the distance varies  from house to street.

The homeowner is responsible for all the pipes/services from house to  municipal services. That’s the law. This  particular fact  was sufficient for  Doozie  to ask,  “Well then what do the Selectmen  have to do with  it?”

Let’s get this job done so we can fix  the roads up there which are a mess.

Curb appeal killer.

Some of Brian Griset’s information  in his letter to the editor was incorrect.

This project and the ones to follow elsewhere in Town   will have beneficial impacts on the Squamscott River and Great Bay.

West Side Drive.

The pipe  used for these developments Orangeburg has been  found to be deficient.It was employed by the developers  not the Town, the Town is not liable .It’s your house.

You are  not allowed to put sump pump drain lines in the sanitary sewer line. This practice overloads our treatment plant and triggers CSO’s into Clemson Pond, and then the Squamscott River.

Here is a tidbit and the date of the article  illustrates this is old news, for some.

Mike

Rotting tar paper sewer pipes plague Mesa

(from the Tucson Citizen, June 12, 2000, p. 3C)

Orangeburg, an inexpensive alternative to cast iron, isn’t made to withstand the assault of tree roots. Some 25,000 homes are affected. The Associated Press

MESA – The mess Virginia McGregor had to deal with was only beginning when sewage started spewing from her bathtub drain and toilet last August. This was no clogged drain. It turns out McGregor, 56, is one of thousands of Arizonan homeowners with sewer pipes made from an inexpensive alternative to metal that is now wearing out. For McGregor that meant thousands of dollars to replace a 60-foot sewer line at her Mesa home and three days without the use of her toilet, bathtub or sink.

McGregor’s home was built with orangeburg piping. Orangeburg, or bitiminious, is a kind of tar paper that’s rolled up about 10 layers thick to create a tube. It came into use at the start of the Korean War when cast iron was scarce because it was needed for the war effort. Home builders continued using the material into the early 1970s, when plastic piping became the industry standard.

As many as 25,000 homes in Mesa alone are believed to have been built with orangeburg sewer pipes. The problem is, those pipes are now wearing out and collapsing. “Orangeburg is a festering sore,” McGregor said. “I wasn’t prepared for the hassle it caused.”

Todd Gaibzik, service manager for Mesa Plumbing, said he has seen a considerable increase in the number of East Valley homes that have needed orangeburg pipes replaced. “The material wasn’t meant to last long,” Gaibzik said. “It has done the job for quite a while. But it’s not durable enough to last much longer.”

The problem with the cardboard-textured material, Gaibzil said, is that it gets crushed by dry soil or attacked by tree, grass and plant roots. “Over the years, since orangeburg is just rolled paper, water will separate the material and cause damage,” he said. “When it gets hot, the trees get hungry. There’s nothing nutrient-richer than a fresh sewer supply.”

Gaibzik said the best bet for homes with orangeburg is to replace the material before it causes sewer backups and serious leaks. “If your house is over 30 year old, the orangeburg needs to be replaced,” he said.

Any homeowner with  this pipe should want to replace it.

Mike