Sewer Main Revisited

The high-pressure water blasting made no difference in clearing the blockage(s). The plumber was kind enough to charge us only for his time, and not for the use of the pressure-blasting equipment.

Current plan now is to dig a hole (either through the basement floor, or outside in the yard) down to the main to add a clearout. That way the auger can skip the three turns and go directly into the straight section.

We will be asking plumbers for bids later. For now, I am focusing on the floors.

Status Report

Sewer main is somewhat unclogged. We can now flush the toilet without water backing up in the basement, but the pipe was too clogged to allow the camera to go more than 20 feet from the cleanout. The plumber advised we go easy on the toilet paper, at least until his return December 28 to scour out the sewer main using high-pressure water. Then we can try the camera again and see if the sewer line is damaged and if so how badly.

We have three guys giving us cost estimates for installing living room flooring and repairing (termite damage) and refinishing the bedroom floors. Should have all the estimates by the end of Monday.

Mildew remediation completed. Spore density test came back much much lower. What a relief.

I need better photos for this blog, if I'm going to ask people to look at it and advise me.