Water in cellar problem

SIKSUKR · 12-10-2004, 12:33 PM

Pepper,I did end up having the work done by Mr Rooter.They were on site and I had a cellar with two waterfalls coming into it.The line need to be cleared asap.I will definately look elsewhere in the future.I don't know how they justify charging those crazy prices except that people like myself pay them.But by putting up a stink and them dropping the price $350,tells me they try and charge as much as they can get away with. SS

Sunbeam lodge · 08-05-2005, 04:19 PM

Well what a Mess! My son dug up a section of the pipe last winter when i was in Florida and discovered the contractor had used perforated pipe and tree roots had grown thru the one inch holes and packed the pipe causing the water to back up through the cellar floor where it connects to the wall.
When I returned we dug up about 60 feet by hand and discovered there were other sections where the rooty had done the same thing and it was only a matter of time until the pipes were clogged in those sections..
So be careful when using that perforated pipe near trees .
These pipe sections were down about 3 feet and the roots still found them,
I ended up paying roto rooter but would avoid them completely on any future business.

12-10-2004, 12:33 PM	#1
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Pepper,I did end up having the work done by Mr Rooter.They were on site and I had a cellar with two waterfalls coming into it.The line need to be cleared asap.I will definately look elsewhere in the future.I don't know how they justify charging those crazy prices except that people like myself pay them.But by putting up a stink and them dropping the price $350,tells me they try and charge as much as they can get away with. SS __________________ SIKSUKR

08-05-2005, 04:19 PM	#2
Sunbeam lodge Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Meredith/Naples Florida Posts: 367 Thanks: 135 Thanked 50 Times in 26 Posts	lake in the cellar. Well what a Mess! My son dug up a section of the pipe last winter when i was in Florida and discovered the contractor had used perforated pipe and tree roots had grown thru the one inch holes and packed the pipe causing the water to back up through the cellar floor where it connects to the wall. When I returned we dug up about 60 feet by hand and discovered there were other sections where the rooty had done the same thing and it was only a matter of time until the pipes were clogged in those sections.. So be careful when using that perforated pipe near trees . These pipe sections were down about 3 feet and the roots still found them, I ended up paying roto rooter but would avoid them completely on any future business.