Question: Recently the sewer line in my house backed up. The plumber who cleaned out the line discovered that tree roots were the problem. I've seen products that you flush down the toilet for this.

Perhaps the bathroom is where one is most often has close encounters with plumbing problems. The toilet won't stop running, or maybe it overflowed. Maybe the sewer line itself backed up (we hope that ...

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