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testtubebaby
Apr 7, 2008

Where we're going,
we won't need eyes to see.


Need to do something about an old cast iron pipe in my house... not really excited about the thought of the serious demo, disruption, and cost of having the pipe excavated and replaced.

That said, I see that there are a few companies in my area that do pipe lining with guarantees of 50+ years... is this a solution that anyone would recommend? It seems to be significantly less costly and invasive.

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testtubebaby
Apr 7, 2008

Where we're going,
we won't need eyes to see.


So apparently I have a root invasion in PVC pipe that’s under my back patio slab...



Obviously I’d like to clear this out in the least invasive way possible and then manage it now that it’s known.

I saw this video discussing a cutting tool (skip to 2:25 to see the tool) that can be snaked down the line to cut out the roots... then roots can be kept at bay using Rootx or similar.

https://youtu.be/w03e-sYuDY4



Is this something that most/all plumbers would be able to do from a clean out or toilet pull? Is cutting + regular root management a fairly reasonable fix?

testtubebaby fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Mar 23, 2021

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