Garage flooding again
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cimoreneBecause we hadn't had anything go wrong for a while I guess, we dicovered the floor of the garage under a couple centimeters of water from the floor drain again like happened in 2019 right before Wax's mom died in the time of all the disasters.
The garage is mostly full of stuff, with not enough room for any car larger than like, a Ford Fiesta (vintage 1960s one). One whole wall just has our tenant's stuff leaning on it and our side mostly had like, cardboard boxes of books that are gonna have to go straight to the dump now because it was definitely sewer-tinged water. We spent two hours moving trash out of the way and squeegeeing the floor last night and we have to call a plumber today.
But when we came in last night I was moved to check my records of the last time it happened, so I got my journal for the period and right after and ended up combing through them to compile a detailed timeline of our house renovation. But in the process, we found out that right before the camera snake guys photographed the pipes but did not save the tape because nobody told them to and they didn't ask, a pump truck was here emptying the tank? We had both COMPLETELY forgotten about that, becuase Wax's mom was basically in charge of it, but there were several mentions in my journal so it definitely happened. We don't have the exact details, but I think that after the water first reappeared backing up from the floor drain the plumber or contractor ordered a pump truck, perhaps on Monday, and that Wednesday the drains in the tenant's/MIL's side of the house stopped draining, and the truck arrived Friday afternoon. At least this is some information and we know we likely have to have it drained again. Possibly they won't need to photograph everything with another camera snake because that cost two thousand bucks.
The garage is mostly full of stuff, with not enough room for any car larger than like, a Ford Fiesta (vintage 1960s one). One whole wall just has our tenant's stuff leaning on it and our side mostly had like, cardboard boxes of books that are gonna have to go straight to the dump now because it was definitely sewer-tinged water. We spent two hours moving trash out of the way and squeegeeing the floor last night and we have to call a plumber today.
But when we came in last night I was moved to check my records of the last time it happened, so I got my journal for the period and right after and ended up combing through them to compile a detailed timeline of our house renovation. But in the process, we found out that right before the camera snake guys photographed the pipes but did not save the tape because nobody told them to and they didn't ask, a pump truck was here emptying the tank? We had both COMPLETELY forgotten about that, becuase Wax's mom was basically in charge of it, but there were several mentions in my journal so it definitely happened. We don't have the exact details, but I think that after the water first reappeared backing up from the floor drain the plumber or contractor ordered a pump truck, perhaps on Monday, and that Wednesday the drains in the tenant's/MIL's side of the house stopped draining, and the truck arrived Friday afternoon. At least this is some information and we know we likely have to have it drained again. Possibly they won't need to photograph everything with another camera snake because that cost two thousand bucks.
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Date: 1 Nov 2021 11:39 am (UTC)Hoping for a quick resolution!
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