Remove Tree Roots from Sewer Pipe #plumbing #treeroots #sewerline #rootsinsewer #timcarter

Karen from St. Charles, Illinois, she emailed me

She wanted to know how in the world to get tree roots out of a sewer line

Guess what? I've been a master plumber for over four decades. It's really, really simple

The first thing you need to do is get a tool like this. This is a ship auger. It's a soil auger, whatever you want

Look at this. What a cool tool, huh? It drills a two in an eighth inch hole

and it's made out of one inch black iron pipe. You can see the threads. You can take the handle off

and you can add extensions to go deeper and deeper into the soil

You have to drill the hole right on top of the sewer pipe, and I show you in my column on my website exactly how to do that

and how to locate it. So go there and read that column. Then you insert the inch and a half PVC pipe

pour some copper sulfide crystals down it, and add hot water. Willow, what do you think

Willow, look at me, what should Karen do? Huh