Neal Clayton
12-05-2009, 9:05 PM
so i've had a recurring drainage issue with the sewer line from my house, that has taken many forms. the house is over 100 years old and like so many others from that era before washing machines and dishwashers and such, shared a community drain line before the main with a few other houses, which the city decided to upgrade last year. the first issue was water coming up in my yard through the old line, which they determined to be the fault of city's half drunk contractor failing to tie the house on the corner into the new main he'd just put under the street.
then i had backup into my basement, which the city determined to be a tree root growing through the old line before the new main, which they were able to push through with a roto rooter, and i thought at that point all was well.
as of a couple of days ago it's basement water again, and this time it seems to be beneath the house, not the city's fault.
ok, fine, i call the rooter service out myself, and we try to go through the floor drain in the basement, have trouble getting past the trap. maybe another tree root? so we pull the downstairs toilet and start from there, get a bit further down, run into something, guy says he can't get through, but the water starts to flow. back it out, try again, this time i go watch the clean out in the front yard, looking for debris, notta. then i hear grinding metal, yell "WHOA" at the top of my lungs, and he pulls it out again (thankfully).
not sure why we're hitting metal, he unloads his TV line and runs it down in there...
the verdict? the last rooter service that the previous owners had in here apparently broke off their snake in the pipe, and just left it there :mad:
so i guess the lesson is, if ya ever have a rooter service come out, look at the end of his machine before he loads it back up, if it's missing the hook, don't let him go!
then i had backup into my basement, which the city determined to be a tree root growing through the old line before the new main, which they were able to push through with a roto rooter, and i thought at that point all was well.
as of a couple of days ago it's basement water again, and this time it seems to be beneath the house, not the city's fault.
ok, fine, i call the rooter service out myself, and we try to go through the floor drain in the basement, have trouble getting past the trap. maybe another tree root? so we pull the downstairs toilet and start from there, get a bit further down, run into something, guy says he can't get through, but the water starts to flow. back it out, try again, this time i go watch the clean out in the front yard, looking for debris, notta. then i hear grinding metal, yell "WHOA" at the top of my lungs, and he pulls it out again (thankfully).
not sure why we're hitting metal, he unloads his TV line and runs it down in there...
the verdict? the last rooter service that the previous owners had in here apparently broke off their snake in the pipe, and just left it there :mad:
so i guess the lesson is, if ya ever have a rooter service come out, look at the end of his machine before he loads it back up, if it's missing the hook, don't let him go!