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Posted by BETA-33 on February 10, 2008, 9:32 am
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Does your homeowner's insurance company know about your old sewer line
needing to be replaced, and that part of the sewage empties into a gravel
pit under your house? :-)
>I have lived peacefully for over 12 years with roots in my terracota
> sewer line. every joint but one has roots, even under home, some 100
> feet needing replacement:( at a cost of 10 grand or more:(
>
> first do not kill the tree, if thats what you want fine, but have it
> cut down. dont kill it, much bigger hazard and needs cut down anyway.
> tree climbers charge more for dying trees, because of the greater
> hazard...........
>
> worse roots can go twice or 3 times the drip linew of the tree, you
> might kill a neighbors prized tree
>
> rock salt is my friend, 25 pound bag used perhaps 5 or 6 times a year.
> cost under 20 bucks a year
>
> start about now, in late winter when maximum root growth occurs. i
> dumb in wash tub before going out for day. dissolve most and leave for
> day the longer the better. our washing machine dumps in tub so it
> dissolves the balance
>
> the salt kills the roots but doesnt harm the trees.
>
> $10,000 divided by 20 bucks a year:) Lets just say its free..........
>
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