Poll results!

[ghoulsis]

Well, the camera guy came out and looked in our line, and we got an estimate!
We have structural damage in our sewer line! Which means it needs to be replaced. (Just in time for my birthday, yays.) So yes, we're going to get our very own Big Dig, right in our front yard! (Yes, we'll take pictures. Why the hell not.)

All told, including what we've already spent... it's going to cost...

*drumroll*

$5000!!!! So congrats to all you smart folks who guessed it. Here's a cookie.

I think I need a tranquilizer.


Word to the wise: if you buy a house? Ever? Call someone to run a camera down the sewer line before you close on the house. Roto-Rooter says they'll do it for $210. It would have been money well-spent, and I wish we'd known such a thing was possible before now. Oy.

Comments

[celticfeministw.livejournal.com]

Ye gods that sucks. I was catching up on your plumbing woes earlier today. I wish I could do something to fix it all. Ugh.

*smites shitty plumbing*

*hugs you tight*

[pangea-maru.livejournal.com]

OMG! :~( *hugs* Did the previous owners disclose the (obvious) drainage problems to you before you signed on the house? Even if they didn't know about the structural damage, I find it hard to believe they didn't recognize the problem. IMHO, it sounds like the previous owners knew something (expensive) was wrong, but wanted to pass-the-buck to you guys. >:-/

Just another thought, but check with your municipality/township office to see if they'll cover part (or all) of the cost for repair to the sewer lines. Yes the sewer may run through your property, but if it's the town infrastructure you're repairing, shouldn't the town be footing part of the bill?!

[escap1974.livejournal.com]

Geez. That completely sucks. I'll definitely take that advice to heart when I'm looking for a house. Hope that it doesn't hurt ya'll too much.

[caerwynx.livejournal.com]

Holy. SHIT.

*speechless*

Jeepers!

[ghoulchick.livejournal.com]

Do you happen to have any sort of 1-year homeowners' warranty? Does home owners' insurance possibly cover this?

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Geez, that sucks. I'm so sorry it turned out to be the sucky end of the spectrum. ::joins everyone else in smiting plumbing::

[jay1022.livejournal.com]

Ouch. That? Lotta moula :( Sorry to hear about the sewer line. At this point, I almost wish you would have just gotten the shit geyser because of a blockage in the drain instead of needing it fixed. *HUGS*

[lillassea.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, Zod.

I am so sorry.

[nyuszi.livejournal.com]

shit! well that kind of sucks!

the good news is that it won't back up anymore after they fix it. :)

*tries to look at the bright side*