Interactive Line Warranty For Free

welcome back 923 is your time if you're resident of Fulton County you might have noticed something in your mailbox offering sewer and water line warranty coverage the Fox 5 i-team saying a file says viewers have been calling in wondering what is this so well it looks like is an endorsement by the county of a company called home serve and that's in fact what we found out it is Fulton County wants homeowners to seriously think about signing up for this coverage in case you get a line leak not only is Fulton doing it but other counties and Atlanta are thinking about doing this too it never happens at a good time the sewer backs up or the water line burst but it happens and much of the time you the homeowner is responsible and it's not a cheap fix the average water leak ing to Fulton County's Water Resources Division costs about fifteen hundred dollars to repair a sewer line leak hits the pocketbook at about $3500 seventy percent of all calls to Fulton County about sewer and water related issues you find that the issue ultimately is the homeowners responsibility that's correct that is a lot of phone calls a lot of frustration so to reduce that frustration Paul Williams says Fulton County salt bids and landed on home serve with an A+ Better Business Bureau rating and endorsed them as the go-to warranty company it allows homeowners to buy very cost-effectively a warranty protection plan that in the event of sewer line fields a water line ruptures home serve will come in and repair at no additional cost the county gets a commission the deal up and running since last fall makes fulton about $800 a month not a windfall but the long-term goal is to reduce cost to the county but do you sign up for this $120 a year warranty service well it depends it depends on what kind of pipe you have let me show you the metro Atlanta area still has in the ground three different types of sewer and water lines there's the newer PVC pipe the cast-iron line that was put in in the 60s and 70s but back in the 40s and 50s they installed a ceramic tile line which is a lot more like today's flowerpot fragile this can be one more people in law would be more interested in that warranty problem is Ron Anderson president of the Georgia plumbers Trade Association says that type pipe you have will help you decide whether to spend the money on a warranty but first a little background luckily you know replacement as soon as it doesn't happen as often as people thinking though more of your sewer columns nothing more than unclog in the pot if you live in a newly built home in a newer subdivision like you see in the suburbs this plumbing expert says he wouldn't pay for a line warranty but older areas that's where it gets tricky he says take this lawn it has two large Oaks whose roots seek out that nutrient-rich sewer line so we see this pipe here coming out of the yard next to the house this is ugly but it's a good sign oh yeah the good news is this home is fitted with a new PVC pipe so he...