Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] plumber

18 September 2012

Re: [DIY] plumber

I'm in California and was able to order copper sulfate online so that I could sprinkle it on top of septic tank to keep roots out. Septic tank guy who had to dig down to my tank and pull out roots that grew in cracks and clogged output side said to use that.

From: Steve Wilson <virtualwilz@yahoo.com>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] plumber

Here in California we can't get copper sulfate anymore. Not sure about other states but I'm pretty sure California has banned it.
Steve

On 9/17/2012 2:39 PM, radman wrote:

when you get the roots "cut out of the sewer drain, and you will have to have them cut out, put a product down the drain that has copper sulfate in it and do it every couple months at minimum. it kills the tiny roots before they become big ones. when it's dry out, the roots will seek your drain pipes like a dog to water. digging up the pipes would be a last resort. depends on how big the roots are.
the copper retards any and all root growth.

--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Ray Kornele <krazykyngekorny@...> wrote:
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> It's for sure you need someone with a rotary rooter to cut those pesky
> roots. You may, also need to have the sewer from the house out dug up and
> repaired/replaced.
> KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid)
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> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:19 AM, shasha529 <shasha529@...> wrote:
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> > I know this is a do it yourself group but we tried to do it ourself and it
> > didnt work lol,,,anyhow, we have 2 bathrooms,, 1 up and one down,,this is a
> > quad level house that we just recently purchased so we dont know if it had
> > prior problems,,,It started when the bathroom upstairs was flushed and we
> > can hear the downstairs toilet bubbling, then the drain in the bathroom
> > water was coming up from it, make a long story short,my husband snaked the
> > main drain, pulled up some roots, put some root away in there and here we
> > are 2 weeks later, same problem,,,So, what im asking is can anyone
> > recommend a plumber in Allen Park Area that has a camera and that is
> > reasonable?..Thanks to all....Flo
> >
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