Sewer Line Repair in Metairie, LA
The run from a building in Metairie out to the public main is the property owner’s responsibility, and in housing of this age it is the one material that cannot be ruled out by a date. There are 60,376 occupied homes here, and across all the housing the median build year is 1972 — the best single clue to what the pipe is made of and how it tends to fail.
In short
Two materials are in play beneath a typical Metairie property, whose housing dates from about 1972: clay, and the bituminized fiber laid next to it. The two fail in quite different ways, and a camera survey is what separates them.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25035.
What went in the ground around 1972
A lateral laid in Metairie in that period is most likely the tail of Orangeburg and the first plastic. The plumbing code still permitted bituminized fiber well into this period, so its presence cannot be ruled out by date. More on Orangeburg pipe.
What a camera survey should settle here
The code still permitted bituminized fiber this late, so its absence has to be confirmed on camera rather than assumed from the date. The full picture on Orangeburg pipe.
Metairie is the 3rd largest block of laterals we cover in Louisiana, carrying about 9.9% of the 607,776 homes on our LA list, and its housing runs older than 91% of the LA towns we route. Age concentration matters on a lateral: where a whole street went in one season, the failures arrive in one season too.
62% of homes here are owner-occupied — 2 points below the LA figure. That matters more on a lateral than on almost any other pipe in the house: the run from the building to the main is the property owner’s to repair, and a landlord and a resident owner do not find that out at the same speed.
Median household income across Metairie ZIP codes is $74,049 — worth holding next to a repair that falls entirely on the property owner.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023 release — tables B25003 (occupied units), B25035 (all units) and B19013 (households). How these are aggregated.
Before anyone digs in Metairie, get the run on camera — and ask whether any bituminized fiber is present, because the code still allowed it here. What the recording should show you.
Build era by ZIP code in Metairie
| ZIP | Typical build year | Likely material |
|---|---|---|
| 70001 | 1974 | Orangeburg |
| 70002 | 1972 | Orangeburg |
| 70003 | 1968 | Orangeburg |
| 70005 | 1969 | Orangeburg |
| 70006 | 1977 | Orangeburg |
Nearby towns we cover
- Abbeville typical build 7 years newer
- Boutte typical build 23 years newer
- Jeanerette typical build 8 years newer
- Saint Bernard typical build 23 years newer
- Sunset typical build 19 years newer
ZIP codes we route in Metairie
- 70001
- 70002
- 70003
- 70004
- 70005
- 70006
- 70009
- 70010
- 70011
- 70033
- 70055
- 70060
Sewer line repair near me in Metairie
Tell us your Metairie ZIP code and what the drain is doing. If a previous visit cleared it and it returned within months, say so. Whatever the pipework is doing, say so while you have us.