Thanks for your input grundy,
The drain guy said that he could see that it was not a broken (or cracked?) pipe but was most likely that the rubber in the joint had gotten brittle over time and allowed a small root in which then grew from the nutrients and water.
He said some times the root can stay small at entry but grow alot in length creating a clump of small root material.
We measured the length of the camera cable to where we observed the roots and it came to about 300mm past our small brick front wall onto the footpath area.
This area of point Chev is not on separate stormwater yet so everything goes through the sewage (for what its worth)
The drain guy seemed to think it was our responsibility but Im not sure why.
Of corse if i get into this in to much detail with council and it ends up back into our court,then it draws attention to the fact that there is something inherently wrong that should be remedied at our expense which could get major as opposed to a once a year foam root killer,down the drain.(and if the neighbor got wind of this he would most definitely push it for all it was worth)
Everyone so far agrees that the tree is a positive influence to the street appeal of the place(its on our section buy is not huge)
Perhaps i should have a word to the council anonymously if thats possible
The drain guy said that he could see that it was not a broken (or cracked?) pipe but was most likely that the rubber in the joint had gotten brittle over time and allowed a small root in which then grew from the nutrients and water.
He said some times the root can stay small at entry but grow alot in length creating a clump of small root material.
We measured the length of the camera cable to where we observed the roots and it came to about 300mm past our small brick front wall onto the footpath area.
This area of point Chev is not on separate stormwater yet so everything goes through the sewage (for what its worth)
The drain guy seemed to think it was our responsibility but Im not sure why.
Of corse if i get into this in to much detail with council and it ends up back into our court,then it draws attention to the fact that there is something inherently wrong that should be remedied at our expense which could get major as opposed to a once a year foam root killer,down the drain.(and if the neighbor got wind of this he would most definitely push it for all it was worth)
Everyone so far agrees that the tree is a positive influence to the street appeal of the place(its on our section buy is not huge)
Perhaps i should have a word to the council anonymously if thats possible
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