Comments on: Sewer, part II

By: John

John — Thu, 04 May 2006 06:55:36 +0000

On the Ellen show right now on Oxygen, they have a plumber teaching you how to fix little household issues that would normally cost a crap load if you called a plumber.

Too bad this didn’t air earlier, because now their digging a hold near the front row and are going to show you how to blade and de-root your sewer lines with a toothbrush and a small wrench.

Damn the timing.

By: xath

xath — Wed, 03 May 2006 23:12:38 +0000

I’m wondering….did the sewer guys look at you weird as you took all these pics? They are very cool and artsy and make a yucky situation…..interesting.

By: Arabella

Arabella — Tue, 02 May 2006 00:31:43 +0000

I liked the cookie sandwich–quite a bit, in fact–but I think that a project like this calls for a dedicated cocktail. Perhaps one with Kahlua?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 01 May 2006 15:58:30 +0000

I had the same problem a couple of years ago (though my pictures are not as pretty). http://www.udink.org/pictures/02032004/

Anyway, my homeowner’s insurance is through MetLife, and they covered almost 95% of the costs associated with replacing the line. It was strange, but they said they’d cover the excavation and rehabilitation of the yard, but not the actual sewer line. So I ended up paying about $600 for the pipe and labor for installing the pipe, and they paid the rest of the nearly $10,000 tab. It was quite a production, with all the neighbors curious and milling around, several of whom were hoping this was a city problem and hoped they could also get their lines replaced.

By: victoria

victoria — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:20:09 +0000

Dude, acting on your advice, we called out a plumber to our house last week, because we read this and we were properly afeared of the fisting that awaited us if we didn’t blade the line. We asked plumber guy to blade our line & he REFUSED! Apparently they won’t do it until all your drains are backing up. (Isn’t that already too late?)

By: blurb

blurb — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:46:42 +0000

Mike, the new pipe is better than PVC, it’s HDPE (High Density Polythylene). Read about HDPE here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_density_polyethylene

By: Mike Drips

Mike Drips — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:01:44 +0000

I can relate to not wishing to awaken the baby. Our baby is 19 and only her mother is officially allowed to wake her up. I’ve pointed out that if she ever marries and goes on a honeymoon that her mother will have to got with her wake her up.
Oddly they both think that is ok.
I don’t know how we got here but returning to your pipe problem, we had the same issue but our pipes were destroyed by apple tree roots. Ever since then I have been reluctant to eat an apple.
I know this has been an enormous financial burden for you and you’ve got my sympathy. I know it will be problematic when your neighbors are showing off their new BMW and your only response will be “So? I’ve got that much money just in my 4″ PVC sewer pipe!
Want to check it out?”
They did install PVC pipe didn’t they?

By: Jezzie

Jezzie — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:15:00 +0000

Comments are closed at Dooce, so here goes…I am sending a check for $20.00, hoping to start a trend. The address is on the “contact me” page of Heather’s site. We want to help!! Let us!!
Jezz

By: Indiana

Indiana — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:50:05 +0000

Been there done that… except went from old septic to city sewers. It was a long 10 days until I got hooked up. I’m working on a 90 foot long landscape project now!

http://2cat.com/photos/2006/bigdig/index.html

By: erisian

erisian — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:04:56 +0000

well at least you got some kick ass pictures out of it.
including the shot of the asphalt grave pit.. thats was pretty cool looking.