I have a 13 year old slab house in Oklahoma with what I assume is a 13 year old Chinese elm growing about 6 feet from the house in a bathroom on an exterior wall. I'm not sure how the roots got into the pipe, seems like 3" white pvc to me. I pulled the toilet on my own with my auger ready to go to town then I found roots. I'm not sure the best way to fix this. I dont really want to dig up the slab since the bathroom has pretty nice tile. I think running a commercial grade auger with a good bit is the next step to chew up the roots along with some stuff to kill the roots. I'm a little concerned since the roots are about a 1/4" in diameter. Obviously the tree has to go.
I'm not sure how to upload photos but I will post them here:
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I'm not sure how to upload photos but I will post them here:
https://i.imgur.com/yjM91Gc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/m5P1v8M.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/TDOhe66.jpg