Friday July 21, 2017

Things are finally back to normal. After a little digging with his backhoe Larry located the septic tank late yesterday afternoon. He pulled both lids one of which exposes the pipe that comes out from the house. No problems at the pipe end so dug up by the house and found the clean out. He ran water through the clean out which ran fine into the septic. We flushed toilets and ran water and the toilet backed up. I had towels down just in case to catch the backed up water and sewage . Turns out the clog was between the toilet and the clean out in the pipe that runs under the floor of the house. Elaine, from Shaw Brothers, brought out a 25 foot drain snake. As soon as Larry ran it through he hit the clog and all was running freely again.

This was right at 4:30. In looking for the pipe from the clean out to the septic he had to dig out part of the buried drain pipe from the downspout that runs underground to the back of the property. While he closed things up for the night I spent half an hour scouring down the bathroom floor, tub, and cabinets with Lysol concentrate. Bob ran one load of cleanup towels and I was able to finally take shower after two days.

This morning I cleaned the floor, toilet, and tub one more time to make sure everything was sterile again. The septic tank clean out guy showed up mid morning to pump out the tank. Larry was here next to put an extension on the clean out so we can find it easier, repair the drain pipe. and fill back in the holes. I went into town to pick up grass seed and go to the grocery store.

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