yup I had that happen before with the roots. When the system floods pull the inner basket up out of bucket and see if flood flushed the roots back into bucket. If so remove roots and carry on. When you go to put inner liner back in bucket, if the system is still flooded then replace liner SLOWLY or you gonna have big puddle on floor. Good deal on raising buckets. I dont think Aquasheild is the same thing but I'll look into it.