[Will]

Thanks! Apparently you missed the part where the line goes under the concrete landing for my side door (which, after looking at it, I think it's part of the foundation of the house), under part of the driveway slab, and under a nice big Birch tree I don't want to kill.... Realistically, there's no other good route for it. I'd have to draw the layout of my house & driveway to fully explain it, but trust me, digging it all up would be an immense amount of work and would involve breaking up part of the driveway slab, killing that tree, and trying to work under the side door landing.

But, as mentioned, I can take care of the worst of the issues by replacing one section that's pretty easy to get to with PVC.

[Heybuck]

Will, I know from experience that root kill can badly affect the tree which has the roots into your pipe-line. If the offending roots belong to your valued birch tree, you might damage it with root kill. I made our apple tree very sick using root kill.

Old clay pipes fracture at the joints, they start to seep out water, the tree roots finger their way in and start to grow. I know you understand all that.

Having the line roto cleared then a plastic liner fitted will stop leakage and the roots go looking somewhere else for moisture.

JMHO

Ian

[limejudge69]

Originally Posted by Will

Thanks! Apparently you missed the part where the line goes under the concrete landing for my side door (which, after looking at it, I think it's part of the foundation of the house), under part of the driveway slab, and under a nice big Birch tree I don't want to kill.... Realistically, there's no other good route for it. I'd have to draw the layout of my house & driveway to fully explain it, but trust me, digging it all up would be an immense amount of work and would involve breaking up part of the driveway slab, killing that tree, and trying to work under the side door landing.

But, as mentioned, I can take care of the worst of the issues by replacing one section that's pretty easy to get to with PVC.

If you have a crawl space or basement and can access the main sewer line where it exits the home, it isn't uncommon to reroute a line around obstacles, driveways, sidewalks, etc. You can run it where and how you need, as long as you have fall and end up tying in near the property line.