Don, This sounds like a good suggestion, but how would an average homeowner be able to detect where they had a crack in their sewer line between the house and street (or if in country septic system)
Al -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Don H Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 6:15 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Roots In Water Line I am assuming that you are speaking of a sewer line and not a water line. Doing the salt thing doesn't help a lot. Copper Sulfate works better if you can find a source for it. The best thing to do is figure out where the pipe is cracked or broken and repair it. I once had a sewer line that had a very small crack in it that allowed a root not much bigger than a pencil lead into the pipe. That little root then completely filled a five inch pipe completely full of roots for over six feet. _____ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve & Shannon Cook Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 5:08 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Roots In Water Line Hi All, I have a co-worker that had to have some water lines coming in to her home repaired because of roots growing in to the water lines. They had a friend to tell her that if you pour a box of salt down the drain every month, this will prevent this from happening. Has anyone ever heard of this? Thanks in advance! Steve & Shannon Cook Today I married my best friend. The one that I laugh with, live for, love. October 11, 2003 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
