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<blockquote data-quote="Parks 788" data-source="post: 4136067" data-attributes="member: 14646"><p>This is exactly how our 1965 house was in CA. We had tree roots from various trees creep into the joints of each section of the red clay pipe going from the edge of the house to the street sewer connection. I dug down at edge of house to find it's transition then use our mini excavator to dig it out to the street connection. Actually right at the curb. Took out the clay pipe and leveled the trench with proper slope. Plumber came in next day and ran new black ABS pipe. Worked like a charm. Still had the old cast iron under the slab. Would have to have a plumber come out 1-2 times per year to clean out the cast iron part. Told me its a common problem with our age homes and the best course of action is to keep paying the plumber to do a clean out once a year until the pipe fails altogether (typically it collapses). At that point it can cost a bunch to replace so do it when you finally have to. I took his advice and sold the house prior to to having to replace. And yes, the buyers had their own plumbing inspection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Parks 788, post: 4136067, member: 14646"] This is exactly how our 1965 house was in CA. We had tree roots from various trees creep into the joints of each section of the red clay pipe going from the edge of the house to the street sewer connection. I dug down at edge of house to find it's transition then use our mini excavator to dig it out to the street connection. Actually right at the curb. Took out the clay pipe and leveled the trench with proper slope. Plumber came in next day and ran new black ABS pipe. Worked like a charm. Still had the old cast iron under the slab. Would have to have a plumber come out 1-2 times per year to clean out the cast iron part. Told me its a common problem with our age homes and the best course of action is to keep paying the plumber to do a clean out once a year until the pipe fails altogether (typically it collapses). At that point it can cost a bunch to replace so do it when you finally have to. I took his advice and sold the house prior to to having to replace. And yes, the buyers had their own plumbing inspection. [/QUOTE]
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