Bodrey
New Member
Hello All,
New to this forum. Just bought a house and discovered almost immediately that every time I used a lot of water (flushed the toilet or took a shower) the drain would back up and flood my basement. Needless to say, I had to hire a plumber to auger the drain. He used the toilet's outlet and hit the obstruction 28 feet in. I have a row of shrubs at the front of my yard and I'm betting it was roots from these shrubs. Aside from ripping these shrubs out to prevent a recurrence, another plumber in the know (who worked for the town) mentioned that I could/should perform "maintenance" to keep the roots at bay. He said there's a chemical I can pour into the drain every now and then to keep the roots from coming back but he couldn't remember the name of the product. Does anyone know the name(s) of any such product(s) that does this? At $80 a pop I certainly don't want to have to call on the plumber every six months to unclog my drain again. In the long run I'm sure the maintenance route would be a lot cheaper.
New to this forum. Just bought a house and discovered almost immediately that every time I used a lot of water (flushed the toilet or took a shower) the drain would back up and flood my basement. Needless to say, I had to hire a plumber to auger the drain. He used the toilet's outlet and hit the obstruction 28 feet in. I have a row of shrubs at the front of my yard and I'm betting it was roots from these shrubs. Aside from ripping these shrubs out to prevent a recurrence, another plumber in the know (who worked for the town) mentioned that I could/should perform "maintenance" to keep the roots at bay. He said there's a chemical I can pour into the drain every now and then to keep the roots from coming back but he couldn't remember the name of the product. Does anyone know the name(s) of any such product(s) that does this? At $80 a pop I certainly don't want to have to call on the plumber every six months to unclog my drain again. In the long run I'm sure the maintenance route would be a lot cheaper.