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October 4, 2006
Woeful Plumbing
We have had some serious plumbing issues come up. For some reason recently it got really bad. Originally we were planning on hiring this work out since Brian REALLY didn?t want to fool with any of it. It was rather minor exchanging the pipes for the correct KIND of pipes, he just didn?t want to have to do it.
Long story short, the man who sold us the house didn?t install schedule 40 PVC or whatever on the house end of the septic tank. Instead he used this black corrugated pipe, which is not up to code, to connect to the septic tank. Recently it must have caved in or something and so all our sewer was, unbenounced to us, running back through the lines that carry the grey water from the washer, and since there is a busted corrugated piece of junk over there as well it was spilling out onto the ground, HORRORS!
So obviously we could not wait for the plumber to get here (he was on a waiting list) and we thankfully found the problem before it got worse, but Brian was going to have to do the job.
So today he made several trips to the hardware store and got all the pipes, couplings, glues, ect he needed to get the sewer plumbed correctly.
I helped him dig up the corrugated line which thankfully wasn?t too long of a stretch. But just long enough to have to need another large pipe. I also helped him cover it all over once he finished and that?s why I have a sore back tonight! =)
Now our toilet flushes in ONE flush! That?s so much better!
Also we have had for quite some time a small water leak by line that comes into the kitchen. That has caused a constant marshland to occur, even with marshland plant life. =)
Today he dug that up, fixed the leak, which turned out to be because the previous owner put an outside shut off valve UNDERGROUND. Which, for obvious reasons, rusted and caused it to leak. So now that is all fixed and the ground can finally return to DRY earth like the rest of the yard.
The only thing he has left, which will need a few weeks to dry out, will be to plumb with the correct pipes the laundry area and tie it in correctly to the line going to the septic tank.
I will be so EVER happy to get all this done and marked off our list for the Exterior house to-do list! We are almost 1 down and about 9 or 10 more to go for the exterior.
Comments (1)
TWilightmama:Ugh..plumbing work can be awful. We had some serious plumbing issues last winter and hubs was outside digging up frozen ground to unearth our pipes. Not fun! I'm glad you got a few more items marked off your list - especially plumbing. How weird that the previous owner used the black corrugated stuff?! Our PO built a GARAGE over half of our septic tank. If we ever have major issues, we'll either have to rip up the garage or relocated another tank. What were they thinking?!!!
Posted by TWilightmama | October 5, 2006 9:48 PM
Posted on October 5, 2006 21:48
