Saturday, May 28, 2011

epic drain fail.

So one week into living in the house, i start to notice that the toilet has like a crazy bubbling thing going on whenever the washer/ tub/ vanity is draining. water splashes everywhere out of the toilet. first thought the tub wasn't venting right. but the overflow was clear. so the next day after i'm done changing oil in the monster of the grand prix for the sister-in-law, we walked around the back of the house to put my old oil container back. 

me- "why is it all wet at the house. why is there toilet paper everywhere?"
sister-in-law- "thats poop!"

epic drail fail.

 thanks to nate from church who had a mini excavator to speed up the would be two day hand digging project.
yikes. and thats water from the ground. NOT the drain. still nasty though.
 this is the big monster piece we dug out of the elbow in the pipe. again...yikes.
 the small access hole on top is where everything was coming out of. blew the stopper off somewhere.
 after an always exciting trip to lowes, picked this up to start reattaching junk.
 trusty ol cutter. beats a hand saw any day. unless you are a hardcore man. like a lumberjack.
 some of the fittings i got to piece it all back together.
 wont come off now will ya you son of a buck. i also put a bigger hose clamp vertically around the whole thing to make sure it wont get hairy.
instead of having one 45 degree bend like the original, two 22.5s work better. less harsh on the speeding poop. plus i added a nice access drain to drop some root killer in there.









a final cell phone pic before i start back filling by hand. let the digging begin. and yes, i have a cap for the access drain. didnt know it needed a coupler.

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