So I got to find out how much sewage water my small basement at work can hold. Basically the bottom of the vent going to the main drain line cracked and opened up. Unfortunately it must have been leaking for a while. And after 5 hours of work and 16k gallons of very smelly water its cleaned up and repaired. Man what a shitty job.
Yeah, dealing with that kind of "stuff" is never fun....had roots block the sewer line in a rental I was in a few years ago. Kept backing up into the shower and sinks, one of the lovelier home experiences I've had. On the bright side, check out what's in the shop today
Tree roots.. Man, those are never fun. Had that issue in my old house in Syracuse. Damn Willow Trees. lol Nice ride, what did you have to do to it?
Don't you just hate that crap? Usually that BS happens late Friday, or on the weekend. I swear our furnace hates weekends.
I swear man, every single time my boss the Operations Manager leaves on a trip I have septic issues. Last week he left and I found a pipe that has to be replaced 3' down in the concrete. That pipe only takes care of 3 toilets, 2 urinals and 4 sinks. Haven't even started that repair yet when this happened. Last year he left for a trip and someone flushed rags and safety glasses down the toilet. WTF. lol I wish i could just get back the normal issues like Press brakes not working or welders not welding.
Another PLUS for leaded cast iron soil piping. Just think, the GULAG has 4 short walls and a roof over a pit outside. Pluggage? HA! They just diggy new hole and move over. I wouldve called the insurance guy for that one! ws
As a sanitation engineer friend once told me, "to you it's just your poop and pee, but to to us it's our bread and butter."
A similar situation happened to me years ago. There were heavy rains and the creek near the building I worked out of started flooding when the creek came across the railroad tracks next to the building. Our offices were in the basement so it was a real issue. All of a sudden a 4 foot geyser started coming out of the toilet. I grabbed a sandbag that we had plenty of as our company analyzed soil samples. I threw the bag in the toilet. The owners daughter who was shall we say no small woman stood on the sandbag in the toilet to keep it in place. She asked me to call the city sewer department, so I did. I told the woman we had raw sewage coming into the building. She says to me “how do I know it’s sewage “? Really????
Nothing too special....just A/C work. It was supposedly 500 hp at the wheels, had about every bolt on you could do and a lopey cam, and about a 3000 rpm stall. Hadn't heard an SLP Loudmouth system in a while and forgot how obnoxious they were haha.
