bob haller wrote in news:ecf52847-66fa-448a-9f24-
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We had gone the route of snaking, rotorooting, copper sulfate etc (didn't
try rock salt, OK?) many years. We found out that the town would come at
least once a year and rotoroot the sewer line for free, even on weekends.
However, the constant risk of sewage in the basement finally made us spring
for a definitive fix (we hope).

The line is only about 4-5 foot deep in the yard, seems to pass almost
under a big oak tree (we could hear it mumble yummm every time we flushed)
at the street edge. Distance to street only about 20 feet max. All in all
our portion of the work was done nicely and carefully by the 3-man crew in
a couple of hours. Next day the street (cul de sac) was bocked almost all
day while they worked on the town portion.

The problem was not only roots and cracks in the pipes, but also debris
from partial collapses in the town portion. Hopefully this will also fix
the flooding that other homes in the street have had, even after their
sewer lines (home to street, but not further) were fixed a few years ago.

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Best regards
Han
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