Should he be in there?

yes, he fixed a non-flushing situation.

Oh, good.

is his name Joe?

JOE! That was brilliant!

waiting for that question. Really!

his name was Mark and bottom line is they'd only have to jack hammer a *little* bit of the floor to fix the problem for good.

or we can continue to call about twice a year to have them come clean out the roots.

hmmm ... thousands of $$ and major mayhem or $145 periodically ...

You can't fluch that root killer stuff?

*flush

that stuff works in the horizontal pipes, not the vertical. Ours is in the vertical part right under the commode. dammit.

Are there bushes near the foundation? Maybe rip out the offending shrubbery?

Shoal Creek clay has caused foundation to shift and crack that pipe enough so nearby bushes can invade.

The whole neighborhood has foundation issues with the clay.

Maybe a waterless toilet?

maybe borrow MIL's bedside commode