A Real Nice Job (and a crappy one too)

 As promised, here are the photos of Ralph's plumbing job. All ready to hook up to the boiler for heat (hint-hint Bob).

     My handyman, who I'll call Bundy for now, hooked up the new water heater and ran hot & cold pex lines to the bathroom and the kitcken sink.

    Thursday, the septic company came and pumped out the tank, but there was a blockage in the waste line, so the water was still backing up into the house.  Bundy tried snaking it but has no luck clearing it out. So, today I rented a cast iron pipe snapper(cutter) and we removed the poop chute from the 2nd floor all the way down to the basement in three(3) foot increments until we found the restriction. 

   Turns out there was a big clog consisting of rust flakes from the inside of the pipe. We got it all out and then flushed out the pipe using the garden hose and the drain snake. It is flowing freely to the tank now.  Bundy is replacing all the drain pipe from the foundation up with brand new 3" PCV as I type this. I'll post photos of the finished product next week, but for now here's a snapshot of all the old cast iron pipe in the back of my truck.

Here's what the inside of the tub drain looked like:

    

The house is now a home!

    A few things have happened since my last post six weeks ago.  First and biggest change is that the old house is now a home.  Yep, I have a new handyman who will be fixing up the house while he and his lady friend are living there. It has a bit of a different vibe now when I go there. It is now someones home. 

   In exchange for living there, I will be receiving labor on the tasks of finishing up the house.  I had Ralph run a new water mainline through the basement and to the boiler & the new water heater. Meanwhile, my handyman( I have to check with him to see if he minds if I use his name publicly) ran new hot & cold water lines up to the 2nd floor bathroom.  I'll photograph all the new plumbing next week and post it up here.

     The bathroom was fully functional for two days until a backup occurred in the drain pipes. I guess as cousin Eddie Griswald would say: "The shitters full!"  So today I had to locate and dig out the septic tank.  On Monday the big poop truck is supposed to suck it clean.  I'll leave you with a few pics of the tank after I dug it out but before I opened the lid (I'll spare you from that sight).