The longer answer? We're getting there. But, as it goes with things in the sewer, it's not going to be pretty.
We had Roto Rooter come back the next day with the sewer camera. Man nothing like a photographic tour of your sewer pipes to make you lose your appetite.
Our house is a new house. We are the first owners. This kind of stuff shouldn't happen, right? But hey, it does.
So the guy goes on the photo tour of the pipes to find out that right before the main pipe exits our home, it seems to have an unwanted dip. This dip, oh-so-nicely, takes place under the foundation of our home. It was filled with standing, oh let's just call it, water. Not a good sign. That just means one too many showers or dishwasher loads or handwashings and we're on our way to another backup.
We have two options. The first is to pull back the carpet and have them dig into the foundation of the house. The would cut about a six-foot trench and replace the pipe that is there. The hope, with this option, is that all of the problematic pipe is on the inside of the house. Pricetag on that lovely project? $2,000 (not including the carpet work). However, there is a chance that the problem expands outside the perimeter of the house too.
If they got in there and found that was the case, they'd then have to bring in an excavator and dig down about 15 feet outside of the house to repair the pipe that extends outside. Price to do that part? $3,600+.
We're waiting on another estimate, but that's where things stand now. So until then, every time someone flushes a toilet or uses a sink or shower, we run to the basement to make sure we aren't getting another volcano of sewage.
So Merry Christmas, Brian. Here's to our new sewer system.
(Oh, and for now I am bagging on the public tracking of discretionary spending. Evidently I angered the spending gods and they are now out to get me.)
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