Tree Root Removal

Clogged or blocked drains can be caused by tree roots encroaching on drainage pipes. Tree roots can also damage septic tanks and drain fields. Wastewater seepage is rich in plant nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen that are magnets to roots of trees and shrubs. Clogged drain pipes, leaking or cracked septic tanks and damaged drain fields can cause damage to property, and considerable repair cost.

Call Rooter-Man at 866-577-1221 to find the nearest location that can handle tree root removal for you. We are the most experienced full-service plumbing and drainage company. Rooter-Man has 40 years of experience, and the expertise to deal with stubborn and destructive tree roots.

How Rooter-man deals with offensive tree roots

• Video camera line inspection
  Rooter-Man employs several methods to locate where the stubborn tree roots are and find out the extent of the damage it has caused with the use of high-resolution video camera. Sometimes identifying pipe damage caused by tree root encroachment can only be done with a video camera line inspection. After the necessary work needed to remove the tree roots and repair the damage it has caused is completed, this is again verified with the use of the video camera.
• Drain snaking rooter with auger
  Tree roots can be removed from a drain pipe with the use of a drain snaking rooter that has a rotating auger connected at the end of the cable. The rotating auger slices the roots and momentarily opens up the drains to allow the water and waste to flow freely. But roots can grow again and the only solution is to have a regular snaking done to clear the pipes with new roots.
• Water jetting
  Another typical method of removing tree roots from drain pipes is with the use of a high pressure water jet system. The procedure involves blowing away the obstructive tree roots out of the pipes by blasting the pipe with high–pressured water jet.

If the tree root encroachment has already caused damage to the pipes then the following methods are used to repair the pipes:

• Trench or open/cut method
  The most traditional way of repairing damaged pipes or drains is the open/cut method which involves digging a trench on that area of the damaged pipes then repairing or replacing the damaged pipes.
• Trenchless method
  A more modern way to repair damaged pipe is the trenchless method with the use of state-of-the-art-equipment that will not create open trenches that destroys streets, sidewalks, parking lots and the like.
• Pipe bursting
  This method of repairing/replacing a damaged pipe caused by a tree root involves the use of a hydraulic pipe bursting machine that breaks the damaged pipe into fragments and a replacement pipe pulled through holes created on both ends of the damaged pipe.
• Pipe relining
  This method is done by crafting a new interior to line the damaged pipe and make it function perfectly again.
  Rooter-Man has all the tools and the high-tech equipment to perform everything that is required to be done to get the roots out of your drain pipes and repair the damage they have caused in your drainage system. And most Rooter-man locations are available 24/7 to do this for you.