Shortly after Thanksgiving we started having some slow drains and then drains that would not drain, toilets that would not flush, water backing up into the bathtub and sinks etc...
After plunging and trying drain cleaner we finally called a plumber to come out and access the problem. For the record, I had previously purchased a new fluffy toilet paper and I was blaming everything on that!
The plumber told us the pipes under our house were clear and the problem, possibly a broken drain pipe, was under the ground and not underneath our house. Remember, manufactured home and we are on a crawl space, and we rent the lot our house sits on.
That's a good thing because the problem then becomes the parks. We called them and the first time they came out, they flushed the lines and called it good! Said they would send their plumber out to snake the drains just to be sure.
They didn't.
A few days later, we started backing up again, called and complained and they came out and flushed the drain again and called it good, but did not send a plumber to snake the drain.
And of course, a few days later...plugging up again and this time Rich called them and told them no flushing the drains, send your plumber to snake them out!
When the plumber snaked the drain he found a small pair of children's tights in the drain pipe that looked like it had been there for a while! I think the people that lived here before us had small children and it just took this long for things to finally build up enough to block the pipe!
Anyway, the drains were working find and then two weeks ago we had a lot of rain in one day, and a puddle formed right in front of the house where the water access is and where they were doing all the flushing and snaking.
After a few days when the water from the rain was drying up all over, the puddle in front of our house wasn't, in fact is was getting bigger!
They came out and flagged a bunch of stuff and spray painted all over the lawn.
And then it snowed, and you could really see how big the puddle in front of the house was!
Finally, they came out with shovels, dug a hole around the meter, (That is gas and not water) and then left for a few more days!
On Thursday while we were at work they came with what I'm assuming is a back hoe and dug up the yard and repaired the leaking drain!
This is what we are left with now.
It's kind of hard to tell but they dug a huge trench, repaired the pipe and then filled it in temporarily. At least I hope they are planning on coming back and smoothing everything out! Plus there is still a pretty deep hole by the meter!
Jeez! What a freakin' mess!
I'm worried because they dug so close to the tree there is pieces of root all thought the dirt! I hope they didn't kill it!
Anyway, that's where it stands right now. The good thing is it's not costing us any money.
But the lawn is ruined on that side and we're going to have to do some landscaping in the Spring!
Until the next time.....
p0-o
