The Marsh
August 31, 2009
I woke around 2 am with the horrid starts of a sinus attack so was up for much of the rest of the night. Finally about 6:30 am I drifted off to be woke about 20 minutes later by the shrill ringing of the telephone letting us know the plumber and backhoe guys would be here around 8 am. We have been battling plumbing problems since moving here so this time the solution was to run new lines. Our backyard is now dug up, the lawn looks like heck from the bobcat and backhoe and we likely lost a few shrubs. Along with fixing our backyard we will also have to fix our neighbour's back yard as that was the only access into our backyard. Thank goodness for great neighbours! The sinus attack has continued throughout all the noise but at least our plumbing problem is solved.
We also discovered the previous owners had simply run an unprotected hydro line from the backyard plug to the utility light. It was buried less than 4-inches so of course was snapped with the first shovel dug. We keep the breaker to the outdoor switches off unless in use so there wasn't a problem and yes we had the mandatory line locates prior to doing any digging. I really am glad we discovered this line as that could have been quite dangerous. So our next step is running up to code electric wiring from the backyard plug to the dock and eliminating the unnecessary utility light. It's been a fun day in a rather sarcastic, frustrating way.
Garden Gnome
©2006-2009
I do not envy your having to have the drain fields redone. We are on a septic and usually, luckily, the problem is between the house and the septic tank. I guess its all the fiber we eat. LOL
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Oh it has been a pain and rather discouraging seeing the lawn all dug up having to repair what we already repaired once. Still it is progress. There was/is a septic system here although it no longer connected up. As far as we know it was filled. We have friends and relatives on septic and they can be a royal pain! I feel for you. Septics are rather sensitive and need to be cleaned out periodically too :( So the fiber is good for "your plumbing" but not good for "your plumbing". Sometimes you just can't win!
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