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Thanks for this. I'm real cautious of jobs because I live in a 100-year-old house and often a seemingly small project ends up being the end of the damn world. It still looks like an overwhelming job but you took the mystery out of it and it's something that I can do. I'll be on edge the entire time in fear I'll find out the entire sewer pipe to the road will have to be replaced for 5 million dollars. I think I'm going to get that beer . That will help me through this.

My house had this issue recently and good thing the HOA was responsible for the repair and not me. It was a $10,000 job. They tore up the front lawn and replaced a 3 foot section of the sewer line. Roots all in there, 7 feet down. I have the whole job on my security cameras. I'm gonna put the files together and make a video. I am so damn lucky the HOA paid for it. edit: Foam Root killer works. I used that before the service was done.

Boy they are always haters commenting, thank you for showing the video and explaining the attachments.

I guess I should have made a video of this, but I'll recite what I did for my daughter's house. She had a clog in her main line, 60 feet from the roof stack, and it was indeed roots. I knew she had clay pipe from when I was digging with a shovel to plant something for my wife... So, I measured down from the stack, came out to the back yard (where there had been a septic tank years ago) went around the house to the street, and stopped at 60 feet. I laid down a tarp and started digging. Don't hate on me, but it was Florida soil (no clay, no rocks). I came within 1 foot of the joint and indeed! there were roots. I bought a 2' section of PVC & two clay-to-PVC rubber couplers, used diamond blade on my angle grinder (Don't even THINK about using a metal blade on a SawZall. The clay will laugh at you.) Within 15 minutes, I had the 2' section of clay including the Clay joint cut out and the PVC with rubber couplers installed & tightened. All that was left was to fill/compact, fill/compact. The entire project cost less than $50 in parts and a few hours of my time. I have to say, that clay had been there for probably 50 years and looked brand new on the inside. It's a shame the joints leak as they do and attract roots.

Thanks for the tutorial, gave it a shot after watching this and all went well for once. Tool rental was under $100 which was much better then the $300+ a local plumber quoted me.

Thank you so much for your information. I'm a handyman and I'm doing it for the first time on my house and you helped me quite a bit. Thank you

Best thing dad ever told me. "Dont pay a man to do something you can do better yourself"

Thank you oh so much for doing this video!!!! I suffer so much with this old house and I'm broke ass from all the re do's and what nots! So thank you, thank you, thank you! You explain very clearly on everything! I loves ya!!!!!

Thanks for great video! Just purchased my own rooter and ready to use. Spent thousands on Roto rotor over past couple years. Root removal/pipe job is $11k in N Virginia

Thank you. I appreciate this how to video. This looks so much easier than starting in the basement.

one of the best videos i've seen. Explained each head very clearly

Great explanation on using this machine. I’m looking to buy one of these. A couple family members have issues with roots in the pipes. Few years back they charged near $400+ just to cut roots. This unit will pay itself off in one job.

Just reserved mine for tomorrow, picking it up 8am, Thank you for your video, hopefully it will do the trick and cut through my roots and then I am going to due monthly maintenance

Thank you so much for this video. I had the city come and do what you did but did not clear it completely. Only to 50% they said the roots will grow back but did not offer information about trying the Rootx.

Great video. This should help a lot to clear my root obstruction.

Your video is so helpful for a lot of peoples. I thank you very much

Cool!!! Tips are great!! I'm gonna try my issue later today.

Really love this video. Gives me the confidence to give it a go myself.

Thanks! Very helpful as I navigate my own root issues.

Very useful video. Two contractors came with no results. I just rented a snake like yours and did myself.

Great video, thank you much for posting this.

Thanks for explaining the attachment blades!

i'll be tackling this tomorrow in our gutter/sump pump drain. thanks for the tutorial! $67 for 4 hour rental. plumber quoted us $5600 to REPLACE the drain pipe!! LOL!!!

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you. Very good resolution. Cheers.

Very interesting n informative vid. Have a stubborn clogged shower drain. Will try ur advice n see if it will help unclog my drain. Kudos for upload. Peace

Thanks man Gonna try this tomorrow

I just got through unclogging my main (lateral) sewer line & learned a lot. I learned how slow the machines are in extended & bringing back in the line & that in my case I needed to put the line in the inner of the 2 Wash Out 4" ports which stick up out of the ground at my home, each about 2 feet apart, the inner one is the one to use, as the outer one has too severe a bend to enter the lateral line to the street. In my case these 2 Wash Out Ports form a U shaped trap. Also you need a 5/8" minimum line (read the find print before you buy a cheap augur which can't handle roots). The machine I rented cost about $100 per day (I think they cost new over $2000). I will need to put special root poison after cutting the roots to prevent grow back. To get a 5/8 inch line machine, I had to rent one that also had 100 feet of line, which i don't like as I fear getting into the street's sewer & having my augur get stuck there. I tried to go cheap at first & use a Husky steel ribbon style "rod", but the plastic (for crying outloud) spear head would not penetrate the blockage.

I'm glad you explained this so well. I just bought an old house and it's been one plumbing problem after another. First the old gas hot water heater in the basement went kaput right as I moved in. So I replaced it and moved it upstairs because the basement apparently floods easily. Which it has now several times and I haven't even been here 2 months. Then I can't take a bath without the system backing up because the release of all the bath water at once is too much for the system. And the plumbing hasn't been vented properly either so the kitchen sink gurgles loudly every 30-60 minutes all day and night. So the last plumber said I had roots in the main line and to get some foaming root killer which I had never heard of before. So that is my next step. 😟

Just be aware that once a root bundle has become engaged in the spiral bit, running it in reverse, even just a few turns, can cause the bit to ‘unthread’ from the root knot, become disengaged from it, and fail to remove it. It would be like running a corkscrew well into a cork, then when resistance is encountered in removing it, simply because it is tight; then mistakenly thinking that the cork has somehow become physically “stuck“; reversing the direction of the corkscrew; (I. E. lefty-loosey) thus backing it out of the cork, leaving everything right where it was; except now with a damaged cork. Once the root ball is engaged, you may have to pull really hard to drag it out of there; in fact, you may even have to go back and re-engage it. In my view, running the coil in reverse is a last ditch procedure only resorted to when it appears that something is in fact stuck, like, maybe you have engaged a cluster of roots that just can’t be pulled out that way, and that it is time to get in there with the actual cutter, meanwhile, the only way to extract the cable and bit is to run it in reverse.… Just a thought.

Great job, well done and clearly explained.

Working and drinking. I'm not sure how to say this but SUBSCRIBED!!

I live in San Diego, CA and just had all my drain lines lined with an epoxy liner for $38,000. The pipes are seamless now so roots can't get in and I have a lifetime guarantee to prove it.

You are amazing wonderful video help me so much thank you

Goofs like you make it look so easy, good job.

Good video on how to clear the line.

Those machines are worth their weight in gold 👍 Cheers Brother 🤟 6:24

Hey Bump thanks for this video. Your video is the best one I have come across as far as the details description and use for the attachments. Renting an auger is what I plan to do if I have more root problems. The plumber charged me 300 dollars last time to do exactly what you did. He of course didn't advise me of the preventative maintenance products available. I have recently started using copper sulfate but the foaming product makes a lot of sense so going to look for some of that. I used to have 8 large Maple trees in my yard. I cut down one so 7 to go. Thanks again buddy 👍.

Thanks bro gotta do this today.

Awesome thanks!

Very useful. The plumber came to my house, apparently found roots, but didn't use any of the cutter tools. He made me sign a contract that he was not responsible if the drain got clogged again--the next day or the next week. It got clogged again in a week.

Thank you for sharing, I’m having the same problem, I’m doing it myself, I order the camera on Amazon for $99.00, and I’m going to Home Depot to rent the Snake, again thank you, the local plumber wants about $800.00 to $5,000.00 depending on how bad, so I decided to do it myself!

great video !

Nice job!

Really good video. Thanks

Well Done Great Informational "Live" Vid.....

Great job! Nice to see that you did it yourself. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much!

Thanks for the video! Can you tell me if this mechanical auger would be ok in corrugated pipe instead of PVC?

Good video thanks my friend.

Great video sir thank you 👍

Thank you God bless.

Thanks. I learned a lot.

Very good video 👍

Bless you Bro! This was a great help! I got an area drain with ficus roots. I imagine the same process would apply?

Good job buddy lots of water

Hello, Thank you for thorough process. Can we start the augers from the main line that is in front of my housebuilding? From our main line sewage to the street is only about 25ft.

Thank you so much 😊😊😊

Just found your video, nice. I see it's been a few years since you made the video. I'm trying to see if the foam root killer has worked ? Or did the the roots come back and using the auger is going to be an ongoing solution? Any follow up would be great.

Thanks

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Thanks for posting video I've paid out and insurance for plumbers to that

I found your video helpful. I used the same snake on my drain yesterday. I was hesitant to use something that size on my sewer pipe. Anyhow, success! It was done with plenty of swearing and frustration, albeit with a Boston accent!

I have the same problem. I used to like trees. Then one day I could no longer do laundry. Trees be damned! 😂

This is all relative to where your sewer line is located, my is under my house, I also have georgia clay rather than a concrete floor which is nice because the water absorbs into the ground eventually.

I would like to see updated video showing how well the root killer worked!!

Once you remove the root, what do you recommend doing to the spot where the root got in from? Would the sewer water start leaking into the ground through the root access point?

Thank you very much. Is Rootx safe. Watching for your application instructions.

My parents passed on few years ago rarely i go into their trailer but was suprised to find roots coming up through the kitchen sink drain, i took off the cap outside that runs to the septic i found that the roots are all clustered inside the plastic piping which runs about 20' from outside to the inside kitchen drain, the plastic pipe is schedule 40 black plastic can this snake be used on the plastic or am i going to have to replace all the piping? I never seen anything like this roots growing into the platic pipes 20' from oitside to the inside of the trailer kitchen sink..

At what point does the drain line need to be dug up and replaced or bypassed?

I had my sewer line cleaned out/unclogged three weeks ago and now there is a clog again. Could it be that the septic tank is full and is causing the clog. I had a new PVC line put in 8 yrs ago due to root damage.

Nice vid. Could you comment on how frequently you insert the chemicals (foaming, copper sulphate or Zep root kill) and where you apply then from? Do you pour them down the drain hole, or holes, outside your house? Can you apply copper sulphate from bathroom toilet and flush it? Aka so that once or so a month as maintenance? Just wondering about more info on how you use the chemicals.

Just cleaned a root out of my clean water sump pump drain. Pulled out an 8 foot root.

My Home Depot had Electric Eel machines bug NOT the 5" cutter that I need to fully clean my line . i bought my own 5" cutter for $50 and a week before i want ro clean the line i use the foaming root treatment to make sure if roots are present they will be exposed to the chemicals so I don't cut them high up where the foam doesnt reach

Do all houses have acces out side to the main line?

How are you supposed to feel the cable with that spring??

I tried the 50ft 2-4 inch hand auger. Got some roots out but its still clogged. I can't return it. Hazmat stuff. Plumber coming Monday. Sucks. I'm trying to find another way in to. the main pipe. I went in under basement toilet.

Unfortunately the home improvement store in my area does not provide any additional cleaning heads other than the arrowhead which did nothing to clear my drain.

How did you create the video camera? I would love to know

I can't believe tree roots would be attracted to leaking pipes?!? Well actually the surprise is how folks think cutting tree down will fix their pipes problem, doh! You did say this was a temporary option until actually fixing pipe, that puts you way way ahead of the other professionals. As an arborist I really appreciate you mentioning that in video. Regarding another situation. Tree roots are supposed to lift sidewalks anytime anyone intentionally mechanically compacts grade directly under cement slabs. Thus preventing tree roots from going any deeper, but instead growing directly on top of grounds surface. Even inviting roots up against bottom of slabs created by temperature difference and shade producing perfect moist conditions. In fact EVERY Time one witnesses tree roots growing directly on top of ground, situation simply results from total lack of oxygen underground. Never because tree was not planted deep enough, as roots always seek out their own optimal ground level. Or assuming tree species evolved to grow in wetland conditions. And extending tree root crossing over compacted ground looking for better growing conditions elsewhere. (The smaller the parkway strip Green space to grow in, the more important tree roots need to grow into someone's front yard once reaching other side of sidewalk.) Thus species like maple are scientifically just more sensitive to lack of oxygen and poor soil conditions. And same time will definitely grow deeper where leaking pipes running deep underground are producing optimal growing conditions. How could we falt trees for just doing something we unknowingly invited them to do? Crazy but true. Certainly does not help that similarly just like wood produced along extending tree limbs, top portions of roots put on thicker wood. Next time you cut a limb off a tree, check out difference in growth rings comparing top to bottom thickness. Next time when severing large root back from running underneath lifted sidewalk. Intentionally loosen up just a strip of compacted grade running from one side of sidewalk to other. Then allowing regrowth to extend deeper just like trees had evolvd to commonly do. This is why underground sidewalk piers as spaced-out foundations may be one of the best future solutions. That's If ever-changing Ada handicap sidewalk requirements does not end up banning parkway tree plantings permanently all together. Only resulting from folks failing to do research into reasons why these situations actually happen. Yeah coming back every 10 years to re-cut Roots back and repour new sidewalk is not like good job security, NOT. Instead of interested in discovering permanent answers for customers who may not want to lose tree or worse having fall over in a windstorm and then blame tree again. (If money grew on trees like leaves, money would be worthless) Worst compacted ground conditions usually around schools where kids are always playing at the base of trees. Even when walking dirt path through a forest. Notice how hardly anything grows, especially grass. It's not that tree species produces poison that kills grass. In fact you will see tripping tree roots crossing on top of ground from one side of path to other. Don't expect winter freeze to loosen up compacted grade anywhere past an inch or two deeper. Two hundred years later, settlers wagon wheel ruts are still compacted. And while deep aeration might temporarily solve problem, such loosen soil is more prone to recompaction. Just a light 2 inch layer of wood chips can cushion foot and vehicle traffic from re compacting grade.

My sewer line is PVC will the Zep root kill harm the pipe?

My sewer main splits in 3 ways under the house. How does this know which direction to go?

Curious how you get the tool end to go the desired direction down in the bottom of the hole?

Thanks for the video. How many feet of snake comes with the machine? Can you snake through plastic pipe like you did in the video?

I have the same problem... I’ve been using the chemical to remove the roots do you think it’s necessary to eventually replace the pipes? I was told they have to break my floor 😪

jetting or sewer snake ? You have used both what is your preference ?

From my house to the combined drain which then leads to the main in the is 16 feet, so how much salt and how often should I pour into the toilet and flush for this 16 foot section where most the roots are located.

How do roots get in a a pipe I thought the pipe had to be crack to get mud and roots inside the pipe someone explain how mud and roots get inside the pipes ?

motivating...what else we doing?

Drinking beer and playing with your roots, now that's living.

What cable tip is that exactly?

How did you know that this was the issue? What was going on inside the house? Currently, my toilet downstairs water is rising when I flush or use bath tub upstairs?

Once that snake toques up you can’t hold a beer

Thank you, git a lot of confidence after watching your video, a professional gave me $16000 quote for this job.

Where did you buy your snake machine and what is the name of your machine, im interesting .

How has the Rootex worked for you since you did this? Are you still root free?

Hi, can you post the "how to construct your own DIY snake camera". Thanks.

Time for an update!