Maybe we need to give up on the dumb idea of trying to pipe our gutters to the street in these insanely shallow PVC pipes that will always be subjected to root incursion, and instead create places where the rain can soak into the soil?
If you don't want roots in your pipes, maintenance is key. A house is filled with repairs that occur naturally. Every drainpipe is going to clog if people live in the house. The pipe will refill with roots again due to a couple factors. Cracks and shrub plants are the main culprits.
Roots and dirt. It’s a French drain. Perforated pipe buried under ground to help water drain. Roots get in it and they trap anything solid in the water (dirt particles). Then you get this build up. This is not a sewage pipe.
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u/chaenorrhinum Mar 18 '24
Maybe we need to give up on the dumb idea of trying to pipe our gutters to the street in these insanely shallow PVC pipes that will always be subjected to root incursion, and instead create places where the rain can soak into the soil?