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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:18:39 GMT, "ameijers"
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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?

In my case, the city would never let me dig up the sewer line, or any
part of the sidewalk or street.g
There is a procedure in place, I guarantee it. They may have their crew do
it, or have an approved expensive contractor, but there is a way to get the
line replaced. They don't want it leaking into the storm sewers- that brings
EPA in real fast. Call the city, tell them the line is failing, and ask what
the procedure is. In many situations, they can dig a man-size hole at street
and at the foundation, and the rest can be done with a pulled pipe and a
splitter, or a skinny trench, with water jetting under the sidewalk. Nasty
and disgusting and costly, but not technically hard.

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