Thursday, August 18, 2011

So that's why our plumbing bites...

Our rental house is wonderful and we love living here, but the plumbing has always been a little sketchy. Occasionally the toilet wouldn't flush properly and the landlord would get somebody out to flush the line. It was pretty clear to Steve and me that there was a leak in the pipe, since right where the pipe ran under the lawn there was a mysterious patch of vibrant green grass year-round (our grass goes dormant in the summer). But since it's not our house, we had to wait until the landlord agreed the problem was bad enough to need a better fix.

Today the plumber dug up the line and found this:


All that damage was pre-existing; the plumber didn't break it on removal. So, now we have a nice new line.


Hopefully that will remedy the situation somewhat. I know owning a house comes with its own headaches, but even though you have to cough up the money for it yourself, at least things get fixed on your time line.

2 comments:

Carolyn Loveridge said...

So were they able to get it all fixed in one day? Lovely to not have to go without plumbing for a weekend.

Carolyn

Lisa said...

Yeah, it was all done in a day, which was nice. We'll see if this fix works.