Most of you have probably never read a blog post celebrating sanitary sewer lines...until now. And I must admit that I have never felt such emotion over plumbing before. You may be asking, "Why all the excitement?" Well, my dear readers, for you to understand my excitement, I must give you some background. Whitney has not had plumbing for 20-30 years, so no one was exactly sure where the sewer line was located under the ground. It can costs thousands of dollars to pay someone to locate the sewer line under the ground and connect it to the house. I, like most people, don't have thousands of dollars to spend on sewer.
After digging a trench under my front porch and not finding any sewer lines, I had an epiphany. Actually, at the time I did know it was an epiphany, it only ended up being one after-the-fact. Some time ago, I noticed some iron pipes sticking up in my back yard, and the thought occurred to me that if I stuck a water hose down one of the pipes, and no water came out, then it might be tied into the city sewer system, which might help me determine where the lines ran underground near the house. Well, I stuck the hose down the first pipe, and the water came bubbling out of the ground just a few feet away. Strike one. I stuck the hose down the second pipe, and the water never came out anywhere. Same thing with the third and final pipe. Maybe...just maybe...I was onto something.
The next morning my plumbers came. Before I left for work, I told them about my experiment with the pipes and water hose. I came home at lunch to check on their progress, and lo and behold...the plumbers used my idea to run water down the pipe and had already locate the sewer line...it was about 4+ feet deep! Now they probably would have used that technique even without my input, but I like to think that I was at least a small part of the solution. :)
So, now you understand my sewer-line celebration. The sewer line was found and brought into the house in less than a day, at no additional cost to me beyond what I was already paying the plumbers to plumb the house. The next time you come visit me, you might even have a place to go when nature calls. :)
Please take a moment to enjoy this small victory with me. (btw, that is my foot in the first photo...as opposed to the feet showing in my prior post.)
4 comments:
Excellent work, Watson!
cfl
YAY!!!
Man, I wish you were a little closer to New Orleans . . . we're driving through B'ham. =(
z, I'm only about 1.25 hours from B'ham. :)
cfl, you made me put my detective skills to work, but I solved the mystery of your identity: http://www.catiefrances.blogspot.com/
Didn't exactly intend it to be a mystery . . . but am wondering if perhaps you might have missed your calling to be a PI?? Two mysteries solved in a row is not a bad record. :D
cfl
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