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hj.
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MasterPlumbers
We purchased our home
3 years ago, not
knowing we shared a
main sewer line with
the neighbor next
door. The main sewer
line runs through our
side yard. Their
house backed
up…after much
discussion (not all
nice) the neighbor
got off of the line
and now has his own.
Our problem now is
that there are three
huge root balls left
in the main sewer
line which belongs
solely to us now.
What would be the
best way to attack
this problem and I
would think our
neighbor would be
responsible for this
problem also. HIS
tree is causing the
root ball problem. -
Video the sewer pipe find out WHERE the roots came in Use a locator to pin point ths defect. Have the line Rodded and then replace the bad section.
Ta Dum
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The long term solution may be to replace the sewer. If roots have penetrated in three spots, there certainly many other places where they have gotten a start also. These other locations will eventually become their own “root balls”. And until someone devises a way to tell trees to keep their roots and leaves on their own property, it is solely your problem. And even if the neighbor cut down the tree tomorrow, it would still be your problem 20 years from now.
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