Jinxed!!
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
August 24, 2018 5:59pm CST
Our friend @andriaperry had dreams about toilets overflowing, two nights in a row.
Mine are over flowing, under flowing. Coming up in the tub, etc. This is what we discovered at bed time last night. I thought hubby pulled a muscle cleaning up in the bathroom and that was why he was in pain.
The outside sewer line seems to be blocked. It happens when I run the washer. Water pours out from under the toilet. It comes up in the tub. I mop it up and create more laundry. I have hung rugs on the line, and stuff outdoors. Tomorrow early I will go to the laudromat.
I need to mow tonight, but will have no place to shower afterwards. I may go to the lake and shower.
I have struggled trying to get plumbing services here in the first place. No one wants to come out on the weekend. The first guys that did the cleanout said there was a blockage out in the line. It seems mighty close to the house to me.
Even if hubby had the skills he does not have the strength right now to do it.
I do not like that her dream became my reality. Where's the bleach?
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
25 Aug 18
Yes, especially since I was having to wash blood out of bedding from hubby's problem.
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@NJChicaa (127116)
• United States
25 Aug 18
@GardenGerty Oh no! I hope you can get a plumber there soon.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
25 Aug 18
@NJChicaa It would be awesome if the one we already paid would come back and try again.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Aug 18
Ohhh, what a pain that is! I hope you get it fixed soon.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
25 Aug 18
Oh, me too. I am so tired and would love a nice shower but it is not to be.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
25 Aug 18
@JamesHxstatic I mowed a while, then took the hose and soaked myself.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
25 Aug 18
It is rough. I wish I made a ton of money. If I did I would just have the entire line dug up and replaced.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 Aug 18
Yikes! What a horrendous mess to have to clean.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
25 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum Everyone recommends the same few people. The husband of my realtor is a plumber but people readily admit he will only take care of those he wants to. He returned my call one time, learned what I wanted, and ignored me after that.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
25 Aug 18
Yes, and it just keeps coming, only the bad spot is at the base of a toilet. Hubby slipped a few weeks back and he thinks he will have to reset it. It still would not be a problem if there was not a blockage somewhere out in the line.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 Aug 18
@GardenGerty We had leaks coming from under the toilet at one time. Of course the toilet was giving up far more troubles and so we finally decided to buy a new one.
You've said plumbing services are hesitant to come out that far?
Have you thought of stopping by a local hardware store (Not Lowes, or Home Depot but a mom and pop shop) and asking them if they know of someone licensed / certified in Plumbing?
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
26 Aug 18
No, it was not, and he was feeling ill. When I came home I began doing up the laundry because there was blood in a lot of things and that is when the big leak happened. Then I had towels to do as well.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Aug 18
Oh Sh*t! Maybe I was dreaming about you!
Once I had this problem in a rental, before I took over, the lady that was over this one was not so nice and the tenant opened the top and stuffed a mop into the pipe before it went into the septic tank.
Another time it was a collasped field line, I paid $3800 and put in a new tank and lines.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
26 Aug 18
I know that the cleanout guys said there was a problem out in the line. They need to come back. If I need to replace the line, I will. Right now we are up and functioning as long as I do not do laundry. When hubby is up to it he needs to get another kit to reset the one toilet that was having the problem under the tank. He slipped and fell against it and ruined the seal a week or so ago. The washer just seems to put too much pressure and it runs out the bottom. He has shut the water off to it for now.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
25 Aug 18
Yikes, these are the worst. So sorry, hope you get it fixed soon.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
26 Aug 18
We are functioning but not optimally. Hope to get a plumber out on Monday.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Aug 18
Sorry about your troubles. I sure hope you can get it all straightened out.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
26 Aug 18
OH, me too. This is when a rental looks appealing.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
25 Aug 18
She did not really aim her dream at me, it just stuck and landed.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
26 Aug 18
What we have in our power to do we are getting done. In the long run it will be a plumbing bill, though.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Aug 18
@GardenGerty I hope it won't hit your pocketbook too hard.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
26 Aug 18
We are finding it necessary to wait as it is the weekend. We have done what we could to help matters.
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