Combination fittings on mobile homes in three Oklahoma City parks tapped directly into 6-inch clay sewers blocked by massive root intrusions that cracked the hubs and pipes, causing backups. Broken fittings on some homes allowed wastewater to discharge on the surface.
Plumbers routinely snaked the lines and drilled holes through the worst impactions at huge expense to the previous owners. In places, the mains were no longer serviceable.
When the new owners learned that open cutting to replace the lines would cost twice as much as buying the real estate, they called John Johnson of
