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Old 05-19-2013, 06:47 PM
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we bought our house in 2007---4th owner---first one to live here full time. I noticed that when I did laundry---gurgling going on into the shower in master bathroom. I used the guest bathroom as I liked a tub bath. Well, after a few weeks of gurgling, etc., we knew we had a problem. My husband----being one of those who liked to try to fix it himself----went outside---found the outside trap--that went to the street---he opened it---well HELLO----"stuff" blew out --" he dug down----uncovered the pipe that was supposed to take this "stuff" out to the road----found that the pipe had been sheared off---the hole top section was gone and roots had grown down into it----had to have been done when the irrigation was put in----he repaired it ----everything has worked fine since. BUT you can't tell me that the ones that put in irrigation----did not realize that the entire top of the sewer pipe was sheared off-------