On Mother's Day my husband went down to the basement to find water on the floor. Within an hour Joe from Roto-Rooter was there. The Sewer was clogged with tree roots which was causing the backup. He worked on it until it was all clear. Joe was great. He explained everything that he was doing and then told us the bad news of what our next step should be. The house is over 56 years old and has clay pipes. At each of the joints in the pipe, tree roots can push through there. Our large maple trees in the front yard are beautiful, but the roots were causing problems. The next step is to have a camera guy come out to do a visual inspection to see how much damage had been done by roots. Not a great way to spend Mother's Day, but Joe was so kind and thorough, which made the bad news easier to take.
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