Many homes built in Flint, Davison, and the surrounding area before the 1960s were never plumbed with an exterior sewer cleanout. That's fine until the line clogs or needs a camera inspection, and there's no access point without pulling a toilet or cutting into a wall.
When we run into a house like that, the fix is usually the same. Remove the toilet trap or an interior fixture trap, then install a proper code-compliant cleanout somewhere accessible, often just outside the foundation. It's a small job compared to the sewer repair itself, but skipping it means every future clog turns into a bigger, messier call than it needs to be.
We've been doing this long enough—more than 20 years as a plumbing brand—that we can usually spot a missing cleanout from a house's age and layout before the camera ever goes down the line. Local plumbers here average a decade in the trade, and root removal, hydro jetting, and descaling all get easier once there's a real access point to work from.
If the sewer issue is farther along, our sewer line repair crew handles both trenchless and traditional dig methods, and our drain cleaning team can clear the line before we ever talk about lining or bursting. Basements that have already taken on water from a backed-up line should also look at basement waterproofing once the sewer problem is fixed.
