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Dick Adams

wrote:
trust me its hard to know exactly what tree roots are invading a sewer
line, I had fitzers go around the hoiuse and straight down 7
feet.......

tree roots are easily and cheaply solved if you look at it as a ongoing
maintence item. I USED to have all sorts of trouble, after camera
inspection every joint but one had roots, line clogged constantly
including even under house.

tried root killer really pricey

I had this problem in North Carolina several years ago.
A Weeping Willow sent a root 40 feet to my french drain.
When I broke open the french drain, the water shot up over
9 feet for better than 20 minutes and flooded the area
below my property in at least 4" of water.

First I cut out the root about a foot from the tree. That
sucker was 5" in diameter at the tree. There had been a
drought that summer but the root was water logged.

Second I had the county agent come over and identify trees
with evasive roots. Then I trenched betweens the house and
those trees. It took about 6 weekends to do it.

The city sewer main ran between my house and by neighbor's
house. About two years later, the city had it dug up and
replaced. They tore out the Weeping Willow and I replaced
it with some evergreens.

Dick