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Hey Rooter guys
What would be the best solution to use to maintain keeping roots out of the drain? Copper sulfate or something else? Rodded out the 4" cast pipe in June. Got a crapload (pun intended) of roots out. It's blocking up again. This is at our summer home and not sure if the lack of using the plumbing has anything to do with it or the unusually dry summer combined with sandy dirt. It's clogged up again. As far as I know, it's 4" cast until it meets with pvc the city installed maybe 10 years ago.
Thanks
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Use copper sulfate
Used to be k19 root killer
IMMEDIATELY after using the root cutting blades.
Works best when freshly cut
Then use it routinely
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What also works good after cutting or jetting is a professional product called Rootx.
Its a foam product which means it gets the root ends at the top of the pipe too. The guys at the Ridgid plumbing forum swear by it.
http://www.rootx.com/
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Did they run the camera down the sewer to make sure they got all the roots?
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 Originally Posted by y7turbo
Did they run the camera down the sewer to make sure they got all the roots?
I rented a rodder at home depot and did it myself. Ran it thru 3 or 4 times until it came back empty and then flushed it out with a hose
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 Originally Posted by mbhydro
What also works good after cutting or jetting is a professional product called Rootx.
Its a foam product which means it gets the root ends at the top of the pipe too. The guys at the Ridgid plumbing forum swear by it.
http://www.rootx.com/
Thanks for the link but it looks like I can't purchase it. Looks like they market it as a yearly maintenance thru rooter companies
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Can't you just **** in the neighbors sink?
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 Originally Posted by 2sac
What would be the best solution to use to maintain keeping roots out of the drain?............
Get rid of all vegetation within a half mile radius.
Hope this helps.
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 Originally Posted by Joehvac25
Can't you just **** in the neighbors sink?
Probably
 Originally Posted by Cooked
Get rid of all vegetation within a half mile radius.
Hope this helps. 
Working on it. I've been slowly cutting down the tree that I believe is the culprit. It will be gone in the spring.
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 Originally Posted by Joehvac25
Can't you just **** in the neighbors sink?
problem solved.
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 Originally Posted by Joehvac25
Can't you just **** in the neighbors sink?
He's too full of it, then he'd have to pay the bill for that too!!
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 Originally Posted by ryan1088
He's too full of it, then he'd have to pay the bill for that too!!
Gotta get rid of my Christmas dinner somewhere.
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