On Wed, 28 May 2008 13:12:39 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On May 28, 3:54*pm, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2008 10:28:20 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03

wrote:
Plumber came out today and found a mass of roots in the drain about 40
feet from the front wall. This is (coincidentally?) very close to the
junction where the town replaced their section of the sewer pipe with
PVC 3 - 4 years ago.

The plumber said that if the symptoms return, I should call the town,
explain the situation and ask that they check out the line with their
camera. It's possible that the junction has shifted and roots are
getting in. Otherwise, it could simply be a bad section of pipe on my
side of the junction, in which case any future repairs would obviously
be at my expense.

I don't recall reading about what type of trees you have. Consider
doing a "root prune" of the tree roots. Between the tree(s) and sewer
pipe CUT the roots a few feet back from the pipe.

One poster here puts salt down the drains to kill roots.

How far away from the pipe should I be concerned with the trees?

Depends on the tree I guess. Not all roots are equal. A ficus will
seek water and invade the pipes. An Oak may just lift the pipe.

The only tree within 30 feet of the pipe is a small dogwood that is
about 10 feet away from the problem area and belongs to a neighbor. I
could probably prune the roots back a few feet and still stay on my
property.

The roots that he pulled out were very fine, kind of a stringy mess.

Prune them back, especially if they match the roots pulled from the
sewer pipe. I suspect the dogwood tree is doing very well! Enjoying
the gray water/ moisture from the pipe.

I don't think a small pruning of the dogwood roots would harm it.

What color flowers and how big is this dogwood g?