bigstrat2003 4 days ago

Or at least, constant supply for the several hours it will take to call a rooter company and clear the drain line. Ironically, the tree would have better results if it only partly blocked the drain. I wonder if trees might ever evolve to strike that kind of balance, or if there's not enough selection pressure for that to happen.

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lelandbatey 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Watch out, some tree roots may be stronger than the rooter used to clear them, in which case the rooter company may end up with a rooter trapped in your pipe, as happened to my parents. Ultimately they had to get the sewer line excavated and replaced where it met the city sewer, 15 feet down in the middle of the road. Cost like $30k.

Maybe ask the rooter company what happens if they end up with equipment trapped jammed down your pipe is all I'm saying.

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FireBeyond 4 days ago | parent [-]

That to me seems like something that should be covered by the company's insurance.

Any services company that comes out, ens up with breaking their tools because they used inadequate tooling, and causing more damage? I don't know how they managed to foist that on to your parents.

The issue wasn't the tree roots, it was the rooter company's poor investigation. Video scoping a sewer line is trivial these days.

	▲	lelandbatey 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Oh, they video scoped the sewer, and my parents (father is a lawyer) went after them. Ultimately, the rooter company decided they'd rather go for the full legal battle and my parents decided "eh, we know how awful a legal battle is, we'll back down and not sue."

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andix 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Sure, but it seems like trees are quite dumb, they don't think that much ahead.