As you know by now, Dennis & Marie and Sandy and I went on vacation over the January 1st weekend..... We left, thank God, on December 29.......... around Noon.... The plan was to leave earlier and this is where the story begins!!!!
The picture above is the hole that Marc doug to find our septic tank lid..... On the 29th shortly after 7 am I met Dennis and Marie at the vet where our dogs were going to be boarded... all went well and we left I came home and they went home to pack and come to our home to pick us up for our excellent adventure to Amelia Island, Florida.
When I got home, Sandy was trying to plunge the upstaies toilet that was clogged-up. She was not having much success and ask if I would try. I flexed my muscles and took over the plunging..... When I plunged, stuff flew out of the upstairs sink and bathtub, but could be rinsed out.... progress we thought......... We I plunged and I plunged and I plunged some more and finally, we decided the clog was not going away so we put a not on the toilet - "Do Not Use." Then we went downstairs to get ready for Dennis and Marie....
When we got down stairs Sandy noticed that the floor in our entry-way and downstairs bathroom was wet...... I looked and we discovered that the downstairs tub and stall shower were being occupied by sewer waste..... the stall shower was actually full and running over.... what luck!! We knew our vacation was ruined..... someone was praying........ (it was not me!!) We called Roto Rooter and got their answer service and we Mr. Rooter and got the answer service and we called Rooter Man and got a person.... and so we decided that whoever called back first would get the job...............because, we figured out that the septic tank had backed-up into our house... It, by the way, did not take a Ph.D., which I have, to figure this out...........
In the meant time Dennis and Marie called telling us they were on the way and we told them what had happend and they came over the give us moral support.... (they also provided us with bathroom shuttle servce to their home as it was needed...........) While Dennis and I were a bathroom run one of the people I called returned the call....It was now 9 am an hour after our departure time............ Marc called from Rooter Man and said he was on the way and got directions from Sandy.... A little while later Marc called from Rotor Rooter - it turned out to me the same person....... the other person called later and we told him we did not need his services after all.... I turns out the Marc from Rooter Man, is starting his own business while working for his brother-in-law who owns Rotor Rooter............. very soap operaish!!!!
He arrived 10 and 10:30......................found the septic tank, doug the hole you saw at the beginning and sucked out all the stuff from our septic tank into his truck.... and was gone before noon....... meantime, Sandy was cleaning up the downstairs bathroom while I watched Marc.............. Thank you Sandy!!!!!!!!!! We left on vacation around noon.....
Today Marc retruned to install a riser.... makes it easier to suck out your septic tank which you should do about every three to five years (not knowing this rather important fact, we had never, in 7 years had it cleaned out.....)
The lid!
The riser! The riser in the ground!Marc cutting off the excess riser!Marc filling up the hole!
The riser cover at ground level!!Now it will be easier to clean out the septic tank the next time............
and that is the whole, hole story!!! cheers, john
ps: many thanks to Dennis and Marie for hanging in during the shitty times as well as the good times - true friends..............
6 comments:
All I can say...better you than me! I think I would have lost it. I remember that happening when we lived in Korea a few times...I am so thankful I live hooked up to a sewer line now! Welcome back.
Thanks..........glad to be back!!!
Yah, once is about one time too many...we were so lucky, Marc came to our house first on a list of five and we were able to get out of town a few hours late.... when I first realized what had happened I thought we would not get to go at all..... Thank you God...
Sure glad you were able to make the trip. It would not have been as much fun without you guys.
Love,
Dennis
We have our own on-going septic experience that I won't go into. Thanks for the every 3-5 years clean-out reminder. I think we're approaching year 5 and should be thinking about it. Also, we don't have a riser, which we ought to have installed as well. I'll be wanting to get your guy's number at the new business he's starting.
I admire the friendship Sandy and you share with Marie and Dennis.
Thanks Dennis and Marie and Michael... Michael, just let me know when you want his name and number..... We are very lucky to have that friendship.....
We are the lucky ones to have you guys as our friends.
love,
Dennis & Marie
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