If it's not another thing, it's an other other thing

[cjsmith]

So that plumbing problem for which I "took the evening off" turned out to be a little harder than we'd thought.

The guy with the snake gave up after two hours of fruitless effort. No laundry Monday night. Surely the guys with the high-pressure water jet would be able to fix it the next day.

I came home tonight and saw "DO NOT USE" signs on the washer and the kitchen sink. The largest clue, though, was an incomprehensible diagram on a sheet of paper lying on the clothes dryer. Somebody had drawn that for Rob.

Turns out the whole drainage side for the north end of the house is ruptured. The crawlspace is flooded. (It was galvanized pipe. All you homeowners out there are nodding, aren't you? The corrosion was the only thing holding some of the joints together, and the snake was just enough to knock things loose.)

No laundry or clean dishes until January. I put the dirty dishes in the freezer. They'll keep. And no more evenings off while the plumbers are working; the office building has bathrooms and a shower!

Comments

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

How awful -- I feel for you! When my place flooded in March, water also flooded part of the crawlspace. Not wanting water to just sit there (to either rot anything or breed mosquitoes), I borrowed a wet/dry vac from my brother and extracted several gallons of water out of the clay soil crawlspace.

Maybe laundry to a laundry mat or a friend's house for clean clothes before January?

Eat out or use paper / plastic disposable stuff for dishes?

At least January isn't too far away now. Good luck!

(PS: I have not forgotten about the spare tire or chains and Toyota books -- just been busy and working lots of nights. Maybe after Xmas would be a good time to arrange a pick up?)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The plumbers said that where the water is, it's okay; it will seep into the soil and not damage stuff. PHEW.

We're out of town for two weeks starting tomorrow, so fortunately we can do any laundry we need (and any eating!) at my parents' place or Rob's parents' place.

*nod* I've been busy too. I still have the stuff with "your name on it" (figuratively). We're back in town late Jan. 2; perhaps some time early in the New Year.

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear you'll have the laundry, eating, and such covered... and that the water looks like it'll seep harmlessly into the ground. :) Good luck with the re-piping job in January.

My mother's had good luck with the household pipes (except for a repeated dishwasher/sink clog)-- what happened here was that when we had an AC installed (many years ago, to keep my grandmother cool), we found that not only was the furnace cracked but most of the duct work under the house had fallen down on the ground and rusted through (heating the soil).

Yes, January should be fine for the Toyota stuff -- we can figure out more timing then.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh yikes. That furnace crack sounds like a very expensive problem! :-(