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Welp, the sewer backed up again on Saturday night. That's right, only 5 days after the plumber fixed it, it backed up again. I couldn't sleep, so at 4am I woke up and started researching backed up sewers online. Around 8am called the plumbing company that came last time and I got an answering machine. I called every plumber on the Google search and got an answering machine each time. Finally, Aaron went old school and pulled out the phone book. There was an ad for Rootor-man plumbing that will come fix problems any time any day. Thank goodness, I did not want to wait a whole 24 more hours without being able to use any water and having a backed up sewer and therefore, sewage on my floor. Gross, I know. I called and talked to him and he said he could come over later in the morning. That was at 9am. Three hours passed that I filled with pacing, crocheting jellyfish, watching the Sopranos and talking to my mom on the phone. At about ten to 12, the plumber called to say he'd be there in a half hour. Thank goodness! Morning ends at noon and I was going to call again at 12:15 if I didn't hear from him. I know it is Sunday, but you said you were coming!
Phil, the plumber, arrived and I told him all about what was going on. He said he'd take a look and try and clear the line and then send a video down to take a look at the pipes. At first, he seemed to be doing exactly what the other plumber did, similar equipment, similar approach,etc. I decided right then that I wasn't letting this guy leave until I was satisfied that the real problem had been identified. After a while, Phil called me down to the bathroom to show me what the camera was seeing in my pipes. Some roots were growing down into the pipe and breaking it and were basically forming a clot in the pipe. He suggested that the pipe be dug up, replaced, and have a clean out put in. I said, tell me how much it costs and let's get going. I was really worried that it would clog up again before we could get the pipe replaced and I told Phil that. He said he cleared it pretty well and to go ahead and use water. He assured me that it would be fine until later this week when they are going to dig up the yard. In fact, he said that he'd come fix it for free if it clogged before then.
I'm annoyed that this happened. It isn't that hard to deal with, but it is time consuming and stressful and stinky. I'm relieved that there was a real problem identified and a solution to correct it. I'm feeling confident that this will take care of it and there won't be anymore surprise sewage for a long time.
There aren't any pictures of this hassle, but it looked almost the same as last time. Maybe I'll take some pictures of the new pipe they put in. On a happier note, Ashley furniture is going to deliver the couch, loveseat, and ottoman we ordered from them on Wednesday. And my washer and dryer is supposed to be delivered on Thursday, but I'm going to see if I can delay that until the sewer issue is solved.
Update on the previous post. We got a plumber to come over and he cleaned out our septic system. The plumber was super nice and the cost wasn't nearly as high as I thought it might be, so that was good. He advised us to put fans in the bathroom and the laundry room to dry out the rest of the water and also to clean up the laundry room floor with bleach to, well, you know, disinfect the area where the sewage had backed up. Gross. But, we were super grown-up about it, got some box fans, bleach, and buckets and cleaned up all the sludge from the floor. I was ready for a shower and then realized that we had used them all up to sop up the water earlier that morning. Thankfully, Aaron headed out to buy clean ones for us.
The good news is that this happened before our new washer and dryer arrived. The other good news is that our moving truck was delayed and none of our stuff was here to get ruined. Now, hopefully our moving truck will show up tomorrow and we can start unpacking.
Got out of the shower this morning to find the bathroom floor covered with water -- our sewer's backed up! We're waiting to hear back from the plumber about when he can come, but we've bailed and soaked up most of the water and should be OK for the time being. We also have an appointment to switch our car insurance to the company that handles our homeowner's insurance this morning and we need groceries, so it's going to be a crazy morning.
Well, we finally made it. We've been in Carbondale to stay since last Wednesday, only with no furniture (on order, at least some of it to be delivered this week) and almost no stuff. The stuff was supposed to be delivered by ABF today, after we packed it up in Madison last Monday, only they say the truck isn't here yet and they don't know why. Hopefully it'll still be arriving today.
At any rate, we'll be using this blog to post updates about what we do with this place. We've already started painting and once the truck arrives we'll be putting together our super-high-class Ikea items and starting to get the living room fleshed out. Pics to come; welcome aboard.
