If it were mine, I would make a cut that goes all the way through the bark
with a chain saw and do it in a complete circle around the tree. Once the
bark has been cut the sap cannot get to the tree and it will die.

You may have to remove the concrete, then the roots, and put down new
concrete. It all depends on how high it has pushed up. It will take years
for the root to rot enough for the existing concrete to settle back down.

That happened to my sidewalk once, and I had to take out the chunk of
concrete, level out the ground, and replace it. As long as there was a
"lip" sticking up, someone could fall and get hurt.

Dwayne
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How to deal with this ?

My aunt has a house in California...

She has had the home over 18 years now.

There are 2 trees whose roots are lifting the concrete pretty high.

She has been told that she needs to get rid of the trees and that there
is a "special something" that needs to be applied on the cut trunk
...or something...

Would anyone know what needs to be applied to the cut trunk to
permanently kill the trees?

Can anyone suggest a better way to get rid of these 2 trees ?

What do people normally do when the roots of a tree lift the concrete ?
How does one rectify such a

Thank you all in advance for your input,
Rita