Among the various reasons home and commercial sewer lines fail is from intrusion from tree roots. Intrusions clog, crack and cause many other serious pipe issues if the professional sewer cleaning is left unattended.
While there are methods to restore pipes affected by root damage, you can often make smarter landscaping decisions early on to avoid intrusions altogether. A lot of this depends on knowing where your underground pipe lines are, as well as what plant species require deep or wide roots – there are tree types to avoid if pipes run across your lawn, or are within a certain depth range.
Most Invasive Roots
If you are planting new trees on your property, what you really need to know is the most hazardous species to underground pipes before you get started. The following are tree and plant species that often cause sewer line intrusion and damage:
- Sycamore trees
- Willows
- Oak and fig trees
- Maple trees
- Aspen trees
- Elm trees
- Birch trees
While these trees can cause major root damage to underground sewer lines, they don’t need to be out of the picture completely. A professional sewer cleaning company or landscaping expert can provide insights into typical root length, in relation to your pipe depth, type and location.
Trees that pose little or no threat to underground sewer lines include:
- Mediterranean fan palms
- Many fruit tree species
- Certain cypress and cedars
- Wafer ash
- Sabal palmetto
- Magnolias
If you know where pipe lines run under your property, you can plant problematic trees accordingly, at enough range that roots do not put pipes at risk. However, if you don’t have this information on file, you should consider the low-risk species, or contact a sewer cleaning expert to determine where pipes run under your property.
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