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Being a homeowner is fun! (Sarcasm)
Ever since Super Bowl Sunday, we've had issues with our plumbing. Our REAL plumbing, not the euphemism for plumbing, kids... Of course, we've had bigger fish to fry these days, so the plumbing took a back burner. Our sinks take forever to drain, the toilet takes forever to flush; the shower? Forget it. You get to have a shower and a bath at the same time. While a bath can be relaxing, a shower/bath combo is gross to me for some reason. Perhaps it's the fact that when I get in, it still hasn't had a chance to drain from when hubby had his turn. No matter how much I love him, that is just gross. Monday we had a big name commercial plumber come out. He was here for an hour and wasn't able to do a thing because he couldn't find the drain pipe, and apparently the original homeowner/do-it-himselfer-builder created his own toilet flange. A deformed lead toilet flange. The plumber said that he didn't want to snake that, put the toilet back on, and left. He left 252.00 richer, but hey, I got a free wax ring out of it (sarcasm). The Hubs had a friend come out yesterday to dig up the back yard in search of the holy grail; the sewer pipe. Turns out that all of our pipes are lead. Lead? The only lead pipes I know of are in the game "Clue". All of the joints are welded on. He left yesterday as well without our problem being fixed. Apparently the only way to put the joints back on is to weld them. That's illegal because they're made of, well, lead. Lead poisening ring any bells? Today he's coming back out and is going to try to snake the toilet. Our only toilet. Apparently this is a dangerous procedure because of the way our plumbing is built. If it goes wrong, we will not only not have a toilet, but we'll need to replace our plumbing. We have one toilet, folks. ONE. Why did we have to move into hubby's bachelor pad when we got married? Why couldn't we have moved into my big home with three bathrooms? OK, it was logistics. But I miss having a big house. Mantra for the day.... we'll be in a big new house this year.... we'll be in a big new house this year... RisibleGirl was blabbing on about another adventure on 02/16 at 03:28 AM
Go visit Einstein's blog!  opforsoldier wrote:
You must have had the same builder who built my last house. Nothing worked and after spending unGodly amounts of money on "professionals" trying to fix it we ended up having to sell the house to someone more interested in hobby plumbing and move. We too had 1 toilet and had the combination shower/bath's and I agree, there is something disgusting about standing in all that "goop" from the last person. Things that make you go bleeeech... ED wrote:
I was hoping you would get GOOD news yesterday... have you found a nice hotel yet? Anonymous G wrote:
is my room ready, yet??? Jay-B wrote:
At least you have been forewarned that your toilet doesn't work. You'd be up a creek...a gross one at that...if you used it and it backed up. Mike wrote:
Lead used to be allowed, now not, always copper in the newer stuff. Lead allows material to build up along the inside, creating clogs Check to see if some septic cleaner products would help clear it. They usually take a few doses. Ask around about the enzyme based ones. I have one toilet that cloged all the time, due to some tight turns and our treatment works wonders. Yeah and if it goes wrong on the snaking, well, no one will touch the lead, they will insist on copper. In my area it is illegal to mix copper to lead, so we would have to replace it all. In the next town over, they are going through hat with about 200 homes which are also right nest to the sewage plant and usually downwind ( nice, thank you sir, may I have another) best of luck ! Next entry: And not a trace of plumber butt Previous entry: Not exactly how I pictured it.... In case you're wondering.... On this day clear back in 2007 I wrote: My favorite picture On this day clear back in 2007 I wrote: So much to write about On this day clear back in 2005 I wrote: Just call me snake charmer |
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