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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 11:47 AM
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My plumbing is jacked

Well...I'm not very smart when it comes to house things...

All the toilets are backed up and water is backing up into shower...

Earliest and quickest plumber I could get is Letts for a window between 4 and 6 pm...

I have no problem pooping with the dogs...
The wife however is not to thrilled. She's headed to a friends house.

Well, this is going to take a chunk out of my new turbo funds...
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 11:48 AM
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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 11:53 AM
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Hopefully it is a clog and not a root problem. A professional snake should do the trick and not be super expensive. I have the same problem but its due to tree roots jacking up the piping that now needs to be replaced.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 11:57 AM
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Hopefully it is a clog and not a root problem. A professional snake should do the trick and not be super expensive. I have the same problem but its due to tree roots jacking up the piping that now needs to be replaced.
well not replaced, but if the pipe is cracked/blocked they will at best, need to push a expanding liner in it and reline it. (neat trick, they push a resin soaked tube down in it, then shoot CO2 down into the hose, that expands it out, cracks the old pipe apart, and replaces it with the now hardened resin pipe)

OP get yourself a good snake, I got one for under 50 bucks that can go from my back cleanout almost to the street, and it runs on my cordless drill for power.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 12:03 PM
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And c'mon overbear. You know me. I'm too lazy to do that...
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 12:05 PM
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The house originally had a septic tank, and the pipe going to the sewer goes right over it...and the septic tank has been slowly collapsing since we have been here. I think the pipe just have up the ghost. We shall see...

I need to pee...
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 12:16 PM
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I feel better and the wife is jealous.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 12:17 PM
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How old is the existing plumbing?
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 12:35 PM
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Hmm. House was built in '52...we bought in '07...so it's from sometime between 1952 and 2007...
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 01:43 PM
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I was expecting a thread about how you can't have kids...


Instead it about how you can't drop the kids off at the pool...
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 02:01 PM
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I was expecting bowel movements but this is a bowl movement problem.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 02:20 PM
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Ha!
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 02:31 PM
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And c'mon overbear. You know me. I'm too lazy to do that...
dude if you need help let me know. I can come over and see if we can't get it fixed at least for now.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Overbear
dude if you need help let me know. I can come over and see if we can't get it fixed at least for now.
make sure you use the bathroom at your place before you go over. Just sayin
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 03:23 PM
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Ah ha haaa! So true!
I appreciate the offer. But plumber should be here hopefully within the next hour or so. Plus this gets me out of doing dishes...and my wife went to her friends for a bit.

Letting me freely search for a new good to maximize tht fmic coming in the future!



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