Don't you just LOVE it when things seem to be completely perfect in your life and then BAM!!, you are hit with a load of junk. Sometimes, it's to the point of thinking you will never see the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, it's happened to me, but this isn't my first rodeo. NOTICE: This blog will NOT contain pictures.
Shortly after moving in to this house, we started smelling sewer gas, especially after a rain or being gone for several days at a time. We have 3 bathrooms, and I did learn that the bathrooms have to be used or the water in the P traps will evaporate, causing the gases to escape. So, I've made sure all bathrooms were being used equally, which with all of us in the house, that's not a problem. At first, it seemed to help, but then the fumes got stronger, lingering longer, and before I knew it, nothing solved the problem.
We have also had the worst problem with our toilets clogging up. It seems like every other day we are plunging at least one of them, sometimes two. It's the most annoying situation. So, with all this, we know there is a plumbing problem somewhere. Tonight, we found it. At least we think we did.
Emily came in to tell me that when she flushed the toilet in Allison's and her bathroom, the tub was bubbling with water. GREAT. Well, I was busy so I told her I'd take care of it in a minute. A few hours later, I make a journey into the master bathroom, only to find dirty water in the shower stall. WONDERFUL. I plunged. The drain cap came off with the pressure of more water flowing in. With the cap came toilet paper and sewage. Disgusting!
So now, two toilets and two tubs/showers are filled with water and that yucky stuff. Clayton and I then go for a search for our clean out. In. The. Dark. I know I've seen them, now where are they? We found only one and it was clear. Luckily it's not extremely far from the house, so maybe this won't cost us an arm and a leg. Roto Rooter doesn't serve our area which is too bad since they have 24/7 service. We thought about staying in a motel for the night, but we roughed it out. Things are slowly draining, but I'll still be making that phone call today to save us from drowning in our own sewer.
On the bright side, I didn't have to do laundry or dishes tonight.
Can you imagine what my home smells like right now? Yeah, nasty. Hopefully this is the problem we've had with the smell all this time, though. I'm ready to get it all sucked out and am hoping it's just a clog, not a damaged pipe. If it is damaged, I think I'll be the first in my neighborhood to request a 12 inch replacement. That'll keep it clog free, surely. ;)
1 comment:
Oh the joys of owning a home, (Sigh!)
It always seems to be something. Our house has copper pipes and one of our bathroom's pipes, due to not using, sprung a huge leak when it did get used and came through the ground floor's bathroom ceiling. Evidently everything set there until it eroded the pipes and when the kids came for the summer...paper thin pipe walls!!!! We didn't even notice the stain on the ceiling until the appraiser pointed it out.(because it was another bathroom that we never used) So, now, at least weekly, I flush all of the toilets and run water in the sinks.
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