I really did feel I was being conned by the septic guys, so I told them yesterday that there was no way a rose would send roots down more than 3 feet. Therefore, the leach lines couldn't possibly be clogged by roots. There isn't a single tree anywhere near the leach lines. As soon as I told them I just wanted them to hydrojet the lines, which is what I called for back in April and they've been coming up with more and more new "diagnoses" ever since, they told me there was a second tank that had to be dug up, and it was under the deck, which would have to be partially removed and then replaced. I told them I'd call them as soon as Jose had dug it up and sent them away.
Jose had to move my spectacular Sally Holmes, which had been covering the deck for about 20 years, to dig for the second tank. As soon as he moved the rose and started to dig, he found the pipe coming from the house to the "first" tank, which means it's the only tank. Can you imagine how much these guys would have charged me to tear down my deck and replace it while they were pretending there was a second tank?
