8.23.10 Further Adventures in Plumbing.

GRRRRR.

I missed church again Sunday as I was still upset about the plumbing and sore from mowing the lawn- I definitely overdid it. Later that day, I had to go out to turn in my timecard and I ran into my neighbors, Mark Goldstein and Mary Mehr.

I love to talk to Mary- she is a great gal- and Mark has a heart of gold but a rough exterior. I've known them for years- well, Gran knew them for years and my sister and I occasionally played with their kids- and I tend to run into Mary a lot while she walks the cat. (Seriously, she walks her cat.) Well, I told Mary about the plumbing, she had me talk to Mark and long story short I got a recommendation to use their plumber.

Called said plumber yesterday and we made arrangements to meet up today for a second estimate. I really liked him and what he said made a lot of sense- and in retrospect I wasn't too sure I wanted to go with the original plumber as he stated he couldn't warranty the work. This guy took a look and gave me three options, none that were pretty.

The reason for three options is the line will have to go across the yard, around the house and hook to the existing sewer line at the bathrooms. Said line is pretty much surface deep and the back yard is flat. If they hook up a line just running flat across the yard there is a danger of it not draining or will stop draining and create backwash a la today. Not solving problem.

Option 1: Run line from kitchen and washer to electric pump in back yard which will super grind waste and pump to existing sewer line. Upside? Cheapest option. Downside? Is electric and will drain energy on bill. Not married to this option and neither is Derek.

Option 2: Run line from kitchen and washer to sewer line and connect at a point further down the existing pipe. This is kind of a weird option as it's a splice.

Option 3: Replace the entire line. Upside? Can't complain about any drainage problems anymore. Downside? Appx. $5000. This is where I am leaning but where the heck am I going to come up with $5000? I'm going to have to sell a hell of a lot of jam to come up with that kind of money.

However, the immediate problem now is taking up the patio, which is going to have to get done anyway for said future plumbing project. So, right now we are concentrating on that and we will deal with the plumbing later. In the meantime, I guess I will take out the old wash tubs I used a couple of years ago for this and wash dishes the old fashioned way- lucky me.

Well, it's late so good night all...