How your Plants Affect your Plumbing

Now we know that the season for planting new bushes and trees, is over, but your plants can still be negatively affecting your plumbing.  You may want your home to have certain curb appeal, but you never want that appeal to affect the functionality of your home.  Like icebergs plants reach deep beneath the surface of what we see. 


Mother Nature is beautiful, but sometimes natural and man made systems clash and do not go together.  The roots of a tree extend deep beneath the surface and can be extremely strong and stubborn.  These roots like to grow in many different directions and tend to penetrate anything that is impeding them.  A single tree root breaking into a pipe can lead an entire system to backup, or worse.   Unfortunately, even trees planted on the outskirts of your property can penetrate the route that  your plumbing pipes take.  Once a pipe is broken, it can lead to leaks under the slab and even flooding.  Leaks are generally not covered  by most home insurance policies.  Leaving you responsible to pay the full amount of the broken pipe repair.  To learn more about how mother nature can affect your plumbing please visit http://goo.gl/lzYZ7X.

Many plumbing companies like NY Plumbing and Sewer Rooter offer inspections and evaluations of your underground plumbing to ensure that there is no damage to your home's plumbing.  If you have a lot of plants on or surrounding your property, you should have an inspection done every few years.