Sewer Repair

Joe & Thomas from Mr. Rooter, hard at it

$3K. 2 guys, 2 days, 1 dump truck, 1 truck full of tools. Concrete man coming Monday.

The 'problem' was that the sewer inspection showed that the sewer line sagged a couple of inches in a section under the driveway. It's probably been that way since the house was built. Probably could have left it alone, but there's this report and it bothers some people, so I decided to get it fixed.

Seems like they didn't properly support the line when they were pouring the concrete because the low point was right where it went through the concrete wall under the driveway.

The guys from Mr. Rooter plugged their electric jackhammer into the outlet in the front of house which worked fine for a while until it didn't. Figured they had tripped a breaker. They switched to their generator until I got there. Checked all the breakers, none tripped. Realized that the fingers in an outlet had probably given up the ghost, so we got an extension cord and plugged them into another outlet in the garage.

Means we need to go through the entire house and replace all the old outlets. Cost will be minimal, outlets only cost 68 cents, but it's going to take some time.