August 29th will go down as a very memorable day. Not only were we getting company that day, but this is the day our sewer backed up. We had 4 inches of sewer water in both bath tubs, and of course the toilets were full. We were fortunate in that there is an elderly gent in this town who does plumbing and has tools, so we were able to get the water flowing again the same day.
Michel began digging the day of the disaster. Had to, in order to snake a clearing in the pipes so the water would flow. So he dug under the shed and up to our fence. Then we had to wait for the City Forman to get back from holidays (2 weeks)
AND - 17 days later this is what we are faced with..... The city crew were here yesterday to dig up their side of our fence, only to discover that the fault wasn't on the city side but on ours. Our sewer pipes are sloping toward our house instead of away from it.... we all know that s__t does not flow uphill - and we cannot believe that we haven't had a problem before now. We've been here for 8 years!
So here is Michel with his trusty shovels to begin the digging process under our mobile home.
I think he's a pretty fast digger, he's probably one third of the way to the main.
In the mean time, we're in a bit of a mess, and this all happened in the midst of all our company.
But - slow and steady wins the race, so they say.
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