How We Remove a Sewer Rooter Cable Stuck in Roots When cabling a sewer line that has heavy root intrusion, a sewer cable (also known as a rooter or roto-rooter cable) can become severely tangled in the roots. In some cases, the cable becomes so tightly bound that it cannot be pulled back out of the pipe. Unfortunately, we’ve seen situations where other contractors have simply cut the cable and left it inside the sewer line. We’ve also seen homeowners receive bids exceeding $25,000 to dig up the
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How We Remove a Sewer Rooter Cable Stuck in Roots When cabling a sewer line that has heavy root intrusion, a sewer cable (also known as a rooter or roto-rooter cable) can become severely tangled in the roots. In some cases, the cable becomes so tightly bound that it cannot be pulled back out of the pipe. Unfortunately, we’ve seen situations where other contractors have simply cut the cable and left it inside the sewer line. We’ve also seen homeowners receive bids exceeding $25,000 to dig up the
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