Why does Michigan start with Detroit?
It is the state's largest city, with a vast stock of early-1900s housing and a major alley-sewer program.
Alley connections are a distinctly Detroit feature, and the city's repair program is aimed at them.
Detroit and the metro
Bungalows, two-families and flats from Corktown to the East Side.
Local page: Detroit. Crews also take calls from Dearborn, Hamtramck, Warren, Southfield and Royal Oak.
Elsewhere in Michigan
Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Flint each run separate systems.
Whichever Michigan town you are in, the phone is answered day or night.
What causes Michigan sewer backups?
Frost, old pipe and storms. Michigan winters and wet springs stress older laterals.
Detroit's alleys hold many of the city's sewer connections, so a failure there can undermine the pavement above it. Frost heaves joints out of line each winter, roots exploit the gaps, and a spring downpour can overload combined pipe, all of which show up first as a wet basement. That maps onto commercial grease line jetting, storm drain jetting, tree root removal, and sewer camera inspection. If you are outside this state, try the areas we serve list.