If you see that your sewer lines get blocked due to unnecessary tree roots growing in it then you may feel depressed, you should call the professional plumbing services without delay. The professionals generally utilize effective chemicals for destroying the tree roots in the drains. If you have some idea then you can use some homemade root killers to prevent this problem and get rid of unwanted lines on your forehead.

Crystalline Root Killers

In any hardware store you can get copper sulphate mixture in crystalline form, you can use it to destroy the growing tree roots. Moreover, you can use rock salt crystals with lukewarm water and flush it down to the toilet to get rid of drain blockage. But you won’t see any immediate results. After few applications you can see the improvement in pipes running slowly. Just you have to pour about 1/2 cup of copper sulphate minerals into the toilet and flush repeatedly in a week. The same amount of rock salt is also effective, generally if you take the time to break in smaller crystals with a hammer before you flush it down to the toilet. These compounds are mostly effective on clay pipes as they penetrate the clay and stop new roots from growing.

Foaming Root Killers

Roots generally enter the sewer pipes from above, so using any chemicals that combines with water may run through the pipes without getting tree roots in touch in the least. Professional plumbers take care of this by using foamingroot killer chemicals, and you can geta less-toxic mixture than the one they usein homes as well as gardens. It contains dichlobenil, which is non-hazardous even for septic systems. If you don’t want to use this chemical into a septic system or the municipal waste system, you can useout-dated options like rock salt or copper sulfate.

Homemade Foam Root Killer

 You can use salt solution by adding baking soda and vinegar to get fizzy action. To create this environmentally friendly root killer, mix a cup each of baking soda, vinegar, regular table salt, and warm water and openly flush it down the toilet. When mixed together, baking soda and vinegar start to foam, and the foaming action allows the solution to obstruct the pipes so the salt can enter the pipe with the obstructive roots. The solution terminates roots on contact, but it takes time for the dead roots to clear up.