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: