Phoenix Pipelining

Had a rental house with a backed up septic system. Had a plumber come out and unclog the line. He informed me the cement line from the house to the septic tank was broken and had dropped about 1" and it was located under a concrete front porch of this 52 year old house told me I needed a septic system contractor. Called out a septic contractor who told me that it would require removing the front porch 8' x 5' with two steps, then run a new PVC pipe from under the house to the septic tank, approx 25'. His estimate including replacing the concrete porch $11,000 to $12,000. But the septic contractor was very honest local guy that had been in business for over 25 years. He gave me Dave Enright, Phoenix Pipelining's bus card. Told me that I should have Dave come out and run a camera through the line and check it out before ripping the front yard apart and the front porch out. Dave came out ran a camera through the line and determined that the line was in good shape other than right next to the tank. Gave me an estimate of $2000 to repair not including the $400 to pump out the septic tank. Dave specializes in relining old piping but says he does a lot of septic or pipe repair. After digging up the line and top of the tank, by hand, he didn't want to bring in his excavator and rip up my yard, he found the original cement pipe was installed 1/4" short of the septic tank and was just backed with mortar to make the connection, after fifty years it came loose and dropped down about an inch. The pipe should have gone through the tank wall. He also found that the concrete baffle inside the tank was deteriorated. He was able to cut the line splice in a new section of PVC and built a new PVC baffle at a little under his original $2,000 bid because he didn't have to bring in his excavator. I stopped by the project a couple times during the day Dave was doing the work. He took the time to explain everything he was doing, very personable guy, small company, he's very busy, all by word of mouth, he not on Angie's List but he should be. I know a little about construction and these systems. But with renters in the house and needing a solution to this problem, I could have easily dished out $12,000 to fix something that cost less than $2,500. I would highly recommend Dave Enright and Phoenix Pipelining. Ric M. Maple Valley, WA.