A corporate corridor with hard-working commercial lines, decades of subdivisions aging at once, and glacial clay soil that never sits still. Solon keeps sewer contractors busy. We camera-diagnose every job and fix it trenchless or traditional.
Last updated: October 13, 2026
Aurora Road and the surrounding commercial zones host corporate headquarters, restaurants, and retail that put serious volume through their sewer lines every day.
Commercial sewer lines live harder lives than residential ones. Food businesses along the corridor send grease and food solids down the drain constantly, and grease hardens inside the pipe into a concrete-like restriction. High-volume restrooms in office buildings keep lines flowing at capacity. And many of the corridor's older commercial buildings still run on original clay or cast iron laterals that were sized for a different era.
For a business, a sewer failure means closed doors, which is why trenchless sewer repair matters so much here. Lining or bursting rehabilitates the line under a parking lot or building without tearing up pavement and shutting down operations for days. We camera-inspect after hours when needed, show you the footage, and build the written plan around your schedule.
Solon's Aurora Road corridor: high-volume commercial lines that can't tolerate downtime.
Solon's residential growth came in waves, and each wave left a different pipe. The 1960s and 70s subdivisions run cast iron transitioning to clay tile, and those lines are hitting end of life right now, scaled cast iron inside, crumbled clay joints outside. The 1980s and 90s tracts run mostly PVC, which resists corrosion but settles into bellies and separates joints as backfill compacts. The 2000s developments are generally sound but not immune to poor bedding and construction debris.
The common thread across every era is Solon's soil. Glacial clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and that seasonal movement works every rigid joint a little looser each year. The camera tells us which era's problem you have in about an hour, and the fix follows the footage, not the decade.
The Chagrin River watershed's grades keep Solon's glacial clay soil moving under buried laterals.
Solon drains toward the Chagrin River watershed, and the terrain falls off toward the South Chagrin Reservation's deep, wooded valley. On slopes, soil doesn't just sit there, it creeps downhill over the decades, fractions of an inch per year. Rigid clay tile can't flex with that movement, so joints separate and sections offset. The camera shows offsets as sharp steps where pipe segments no longer line up.
For offset lines, pipe bursting is often the right answer: it replaces the old clay with continuous, flexible HDPE that tolerates minor ground movement far better than segmented pipe ever could. Ohio Sewer Masters handles the full job across Solon, from the corporate corridor to the subdivisions backing up to the reservation.
The setup in Solon is split. NEORSD provides sanitary sewer service to a portion of the city, while the city manages the local collection system elsewhere. Your lateral from the building to the main is yours to maintain regardless of which system serves your street.
Most Solon homes get drinking water from Cleveland Water, and that supply runs about 7 grains per gallon, moderately hard. That mineral content leaves scale inside pipe, and in Solon's aging cast iron and clay laterals the scale layers onto rust and rough joints, narrowing flow faster than age alone. Hydro jetting clears the scale, but lining or replacement removes the rough surface it clings to.
The City of Solon requires permits for lateral work with inspection before backfill, and we handle the applications and scheduling as part of every job. Commercial or residential, corridor or cul-de-sac, the process is the same: camera first, honest diagnosis, upfront plan.
Most Solon homes get drinking water from Cleveland Water, and that supply runs about 7 grains per gallon, moderately hard. That mineral content leaves scale inside pipe, and in Solon's aging cast iron laterals the scale layers onto rust and rough joints, narrowing flow faster than age alone. Hydro jetting clears the scale, and lining or replacement removes the rough surface it clings to.
Get a camera inspection in spring, clear and seal root entry points in fall, and protect exposed cleanouts before winter. Spring rains and snowmelt push groundwater into cracked joints, so watch for slow drains after storms, that's infiltration overloading your lateral. Fall is when tree roots grow most aggressively, which makes autumn the best window to jet roots out and line the joints they came through. In winter, insulate shallow cleanout risers, keep them marked so plows don't shear them off, and never pour grease down the drain, it hardens fast in cold pipe.
Partially. NEORSD provides sanitary sewer service to a portion of Solon, while the city manages the local collection system elsewhere. Either way, your lateral from the house to the main is yours to maintain. If your home alone is backing up, call us at (614) 350-5706. If the whole street is affected, contact the city or NEORSD to check the main first.
Usually cast iron where it leaves the house, transitioning to vitrified clay tile out to the street. After 50 years in Solon's glacial clay soil, the cast iron scales up inside while the clay joints crumble and admit roots. A camera inspection shows each material's condition, and these lines are often ideal for trenchless lining or bursting.
Absolutely. Restaurants and food businesses along the Aurora Road corridor put grease and food solids through their lines daily, and grease hardens in the pipe into a restriction that catches everything behind it. For commercial lines we recommend regular jetting and camera checks, and when the line itself is failing, trenchless rehabilitation without tearing up the parking lot.
Yes. The City of Solon requires permits for sewer lateral repair and replacement, with inspection before backfill. We handle the permit applications and schedule inspections as part of every job, it's included in the written plan.
Solon sits on glacial clay that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and that seasonal movement works rigid pipe joints apart over the decades. Add the grades running toward the Chagrin River watershed, where soil creeps slowly downhill, and clay tile sections offset. The camera shows offsets as sharp steps in the pipe, and bursting replaces the line with flexible HDPE that tolerates ground movement far better.
Also serving Mayfield Heights, Broadview Heights, Bentleyville, Moreland Hills, Twinsburg, and the greater Cleveland metro. Major landmarks we work around include the Aurora Road corporate corridor, the South Chagrin Reservation, Solon Community Park, and the UH Ahuja Medical Center campus nearby. In Solon, our service area covers ZIP code 44139.
Commercial or residential, one inspection tells us exactly what's happening underground.
Call (614) 350-5706