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Default Roots in sewer line?


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On 20 Apr 2006 22:40:32 -0700, "RicodJour"
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Walt wrote:
Apparently my sewer line has a crack about 70 feet out from the house.
Roots are able to get into the line and clogs it up about once a year.
Any one know of fix short of digging up to repair


Unless you want to deal with it repeatedly by having it rooted out
periodically, dig it up and fix it. It won't get better and may get
worse in a most unpleasant way.

R


Is it your sewer line or the city sewer line? My city will come to my
house twice a year and clean out the roots free.

BTDT, and IMHO it falls in the Life Is Too Damn Short category. Replace the
line with plastic all the way to the street or septic, and never have to
worry about it again. Added bonus, it is a BIG plus at resale time, to any
potential buyer who has ever had a failed line at a previous house. Yeah,
expensive, but what is YOUR time worth dealing with it whenever it starts
failing?

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