Clabber
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I'm having problems with root intrusion into a sewer pipe. A few years back a clean out was installed, and I realize now it wasn't sealed properly, because the roots are growing in right at the joint of the clean out and the sewer line. I can see the root hairs from the clean out, and I've been able to rod them out before. Its a difficult turn, the clean out is angled towards the street, and limits the length of the rod I can use. I recently pulled the toilet to snake the line, its only about 2-3 feet from the toilet drain to the roots. I am only able to use the bulb cutter, anything wider and the snake gets caught and fed up the vent line.
The roots are fine hairs, and coming down from the roof of the pipe. I've dug the pipe out to cut the roots off, but what remains is causing a slow flow, and eventual clogs when enough matter is trapped. Is there anything I can do to clean the top of the pipe, or is this more something that a hydro jet would have to take care of? My only convoluted idea is to pull the snake head up through the clean out and "saw" the snake back and forth along the top of the pipe to rip the roots out.
The roots are fine hairs, and coming down from the roof of the pipe. I've dug the pipe out to cut the roots off, but what remains is causing a slow flow, and eventual clogs when enough matter is trapped. Is there anything I can do to clean the top of the pipe, or is this more something that a hydro jet would have to take care of? My only convoluted idea is to pull the snake head up through the clean out and "saw" the snake back and forth along the top of the pipe to rip the roots out.
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