The main sewer line keeps backing up. Any ideas?
Liz from PA
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Try baking soda and vinegar. Repeat if necessary. That's if it's backing up into a drain and not into a toilet. I read about this in Reader's Digest this month in an article about "Zero Shopping." Their sewer was backing up into the shower (triple ugh!), but they tried this before calling a plumber and, Presto! I use this recipe to clean hard water build-up on shower heads and the walls of the shower and to freshen drains as well. Very effective and super cheap!
From Polly in Cedar Springs, MI
Drain King 3"-6" sewer line. Leave it run 1/2 hr to 45 Min, the noise will change when it clears out a *SEWER LINE ONLY! I do my line 2/3 times a year. Around $40 @ a hardware store.
The Roto Rooter man used to go to my Mom's house once a year and put rock salt down the opening at the street to kill the roots of the trees that grew into it. It didn't hurt the tree. That's all I know about it as I didn't pay much attention.
If it's your main sewer it could be that you have tree roots blocking it; that is if you have trees nearby. We use a Product called Root Kill, or another (which is the same) called Root gone. The name of the chemical is..Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate. We follow the directions on the Jug.
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