howdy there willymac! well sir, what a blessing you guys are to those dogs. what can be done about roots growing into the septic system?
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howdy there willymac! well sir, what a blessing you guys are to those dogs. what can be done about roots growing into the septic system?
Well, with the trees gone, the roots will stop growing, Having the lines cleared of roots took care of the current problem and led to the trees' demise. Hopefully, that problem was solved! It's surprising how far a tree root will go once it senses moisture!
The plus is that now I can enlarge the garden space just a tad. More on the to-do list.
oh yes ..the ever expanding to do list! haha! did you have a choice with the trees or did they die when you cut roots? how far away from the septic were they?
Not much choice. We lost two mature copper beeches (so sad) and a mature maple (not happy about that, either.) The roots will die and the main drain like that had clogged was replaced, taking out the roots that caused the problems. They were about 8- feet from the tank but only 40 from the drain line. Roots are great little water-hunters: they find moisture and the tree puts its energy in growing root there.
Don't suppose you have that problem, do you?
sir willymac! it's so amazing how those trees can find the water, too bad you had to lose them though. As far as I know we don't.
the copper beeches keep their leaves during the winter. They turn a beautiful copper color in the fall but stay on the trees until the spring buds push them off. I hate losing big, decorative trees like those.
howdy again sir willymac! wow those trees sound amazing, I've never seen those, I'm sure they probably don't have those in Texas.
A group of Copper Beeches in the back yard.