So yesterday was a plumbing disaster. Turns out the waste pipe that is running under the house has exploded. Apparently, years ago the pipe cracked and disintegrated, and since that time, raw sewage has been seeping into the ground under the house.
The bad news: almost the entire basement floor had to be jack hammered and torn up, to get at bad pipe. Six hours of jack hammering into the cement.
The good news: we found the problem now, as opposed to a few years later when our toilets won't flush and our basement had been finished. Also good news, since the house has been vacant for a while, it appears as most of the sewage has drained away. There was no smell when they dug up the floor.
The unknown news: They are scoping the open pipe today. We may get lucky and only have to replace the short piece of pipe that runs for five feet in the basement. Or we may hit the unlucky jackpot and have to replace all the way to the street. If the latter, we're looking at $5K in extra expenses.
No matter what, we're fixing the plumbing. Better to do it now than later. And when we finally move into the house, we'll know that all the major systems are not only working, but updated, corrected and frankly: WARRANTIED!
Pictures will be coming....
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