ROOTX - The Root Intrusion Solution - 2 Pound Container

Expensive, but it does work. I found a cheaper alternative this year and time will tell if I should have just bought the RootX.

So I had just moved in to my new home. Next thing I know I have sewerage in my basement. So of course like anyone I had a slight meltdown. It was a horrible experience having to clean the mess. The local rooter company came out and used the auger for hours trying to reach the tree roots. After cleaning out the line they used RootX. They recommended that I have them come out and treat the line with Rootx as least twice a year along with them using an auger to keep the line clean. Needless so say I looked online to see if I could purchase the item myself. I mean heck it didn't look to hard when they used it. Anyway, I found Rootx on Amazon and O Happy Day. I purchased the product and used Rootx faithfully every 3 months for the first year. The second year I used Rootx every 6 months. I normally treat the lines at the end of fall and the end of spring. So far so good, no backups in my lines. I will continue using rootx every since months as long as I own this home. Every time someone mentions a blocked sewer line I recommend Rootx to them. Rootx is easy to use and reasonably priced. Just be sure follow the directions on the packaging. I use the toilet method. Just be sure to pour at least at 5 gallons of water immediately after pouring rootx in. If you do not flush quick and follow with water, you will have a bit of eruption of foam. All in all I love this product. Highly recommend. It also saved my sanity.

My neighbor has the wrong tree on the wrong place. I replace the line once and even so it was still running so slow that I had to keep a auto-on pump on the backyard when a big rainstorm was coming... So, a plumber told me about this. Now, in my yard, it's not the easiest thing to apply but if you do it right it will keep the lines clear. I use it twice a year. Since my drain sits sideways at the bottom of a depression, I had to improvise. So I made a 90 degree contraption from 2" PVC with a 90deg elbow rising to a 3" PVC "vertical column" with a 4" "mouth". I shake the powder into the bottom of the contraption, careful not to spill it. Then I insert the PVC about 10 inches into the drain keeping the column straight up. I bring in a couple of 10 gallon HD buckets full of water and I drop an entire bucket fast... so it pushes the foaming down the line. Some foam might still spill from the top of the column, so if so, I will apply another 5 gallons or so. Given how far the horizontal 2" goes into the drain, I have no issues with foam leaking there. Let is sit for a few days before rising the line. Next year I plan to replace the 3" column with a full 4"... I think that will ensure better downstream foaming by allowing a larger column of water to sit above the foam.

We live in a 60 year old home, and have to call Roto Rooter 2x yearly to cut roots out of blocked lines. We are using this in combination with copper sulfate, in the hopes it will kill off the roots & save us the $400-$600/year of emergency plumber calls. Since we have only recently started using this, I cannot report on how well it works. It arrived fine, as described, and was easy to use. You basically open it, mix the 2 powders together, and pour per directions. I do not think you need to purchase the additional funnel, as the directions suggest pouring the solution into a bucket first to mix it, and then you just pour from there. I would like to post a warning, however, if you have an older style toilet with a slow swirling type flush. This stuff is like an instant foam volcano - I'm talking a crazy amount of foam within seconds. One reviewer, as well as directions I found on the RootX site, suggested flushing, waiting until the flush is almost complete/bowl nearly empty, and then dumping the product in. We have 60 year old one-piece American Standard toilets with a lazy "swirl" type flush, and I am here to tell you that absolutely does NOT work. Even waiting until the very end of the flush, you will still have a massive, messy overflow, not to mention a lot of wasted product all over your bathroom floor. I would *strongly* suggest either pulling the toilet & pouring this directly into the pipe & follow with water, pouring into the cleanout & flushing with water, or if those are not options, putting in like 1/4 or 1/2 cup of product at a time (near the very end of the each flush) over multiple flushes. The next time we use this, I will definitely either pull the toilet or use it over multiple flushes.

Rootx was very effective for killing tree roots that got into our sewer system. Have used Rootx for many years after a costly plumber's fee to clean out our sewer line from tree roots. It was highly recommended and in turn, I highly recommend it. So easy to use, just flush the 2 lbs down your toilet and it does all the work to continue to keep the sewer line into your home free of root growth. Certainly is effective and no headaches and cost of a backed-up sewer line.

So many people have trouble with this stuff, that's so sad because it does what its supposed to do if you understand what you are doing. First the company does not supply the funnel because you may have one already from a previous purchase. The funnel adds about $4 to the price, you MUST have it. I have a clean-out opening that is far away from water. As soon as the powder touches any water a violent eruption will take place. This is good, its how it removes debris, just be conscious of what you are doing. Once everything is closed up... You flush the toilet twice. It takes at least 8 hours to do its magic. I do it once every four months. I could probably get by less often, but I would rather be safe then sorry.