Hi Andy, I had the same problem as you with my drain line, only my house was built in 1951, and they used 24 inch long clay tile pipe. There were some trees growing directly over the drain line and just like you, I had to clean it out over and over again, and again. I used the root killer, rooted it until it got so bad that the water was coming to the surface when I would flush the pipe with one of those pulsed nozzles on a hose. I finally had to dig it up. The roots had gotten in to the bell end of the clay pipe, and actually broke the pipe off. I got a piece of schedule 40 pvc pipe, and some neoprene boots to connect the 2 pipes together, along with some stainless steel clamps. This is the only thing to do, like someone else said putting root killer down the line is only temporary. However I do just put some down from time to time to make sure there are no more problems. The root killer has to sit in the drain line and if the drain line is working it doesn't do a thing, I am probably wasting my money now, but who knows. Just my 2 cents worth, but digging it up is about the only real way to fix it.....
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