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Posted by KLS on September 20, 2008, 8:02 am
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:08:43 GMT, Anagram
>The work that needs to be done is simple, and no plumber is likely to do
>it wrong. All they have to do is open the clean-out, which should be
>outside, near the house, possibly buried a short distance underground.
>Then do a power snake in that clean-out. That will fix it.
>
>Then you have to ask what kind of pipe your sewer is. If it's old clay
>pipe, you probably have tree roots growing into it, and those are the
>probable cause of the problem. The power snake will get the tree roots,
>but they will grow back, if you don't do something about them. The tree
>can be a long way away from the house, even across the street. Tree
>roots can grow a long way underground. If a tree gets uprooted, the
>roots don't look that long, but that's because they get broken when it
>gets uprooted.
As for "do something about" those roots, just be sure to periodically
pour a root killing chemical down that drain, at least annually. One
poster here has a recipe he swears by; Google Groups will help you
find it.
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