House ownership was a mistake
25 Nov 2024 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimoreneIf you own a rowhouse you don't have to kneel in the falling rain and snow raising and lowering a sump pump into a nasty old tank that has poop floating in it even though it isn't supposed to. There's just a company that handles all the upkeep on the property on behalf of the group of owners! Not that we ever were trying to buy a rowhouse, I just frequently think of it because it's the next less demanding level of property ownership.
Plumbing disasters keep happening to us and we are SO ILL-EQUIPPED for this. Every time there's an emergency situation that requires calling a tradesman or whatever, we both need three days of bed rest to recover, but we NEVER GET THEM because Wax has to work all the time and NEW DISASTERS KEEP HAPPENING.
In related news: it rained all night so even though we successfully pumped septic tank #3 (the one with the broken drain to the city) into septic tank #2 (the one with a new, functioning plastic pipe) just yesterday in the falling snow, the basement is full of sewage AGAIN because of the rainwater that ALSO gets into the septic tanks even though it isn't supposed to, so the pump has now been working all day and is still working and the basement is going to have to be disinfected AGAIN.
Also Wax talked to 2? plumbing professionals who didn't know whether the broken pipe is our responsibility or the city's, so now I've sent an email to the city water department just now asking. They only have one general email for the whole department and a long list of phone numbers. I know old tradesmen prefer phones and that makes sense for them but seriously.
In conclusion, don't buy a house, ever. I hate this house. I hate old plumbing designed and installed by some guy named Bob and I don't ever want to look at a septic tank again.
Plumbing disasters keep happening to us and we are SO ILL-EQUIPPED for this. Every time there's an emergency situation that requires calling a tradesman or whatever, we both need three days of bed rest to recover, but we NEVER GET THEM because Wax has to work all the time and NEW DISASTERS KEEP HAPPENING.
In related news: it rained all night so even though we successfully pumped septic tank #3 (the one with the broken drain to the city) into septic tank #2 (the one with a new, functioning plastic pipe) just yesterday in the falling snow, the basement is full of sewage AGAIN because of the rainwater that ALSO gets into the septic tanks even though it isn't supposed to, so the pump has now been working all day and is still working and the basement is going to have to be disinfected AGAIN.
Also Wax talked to 2? plumbing professionals who didn't know whether the broken pipe is our responsibility or the city's, so now I've sent an email to the city water department just now asking. They only have one general email for the whole department and a long list of phone numbers. I know old tradesmen prefer phones and that makes sense for them but seriously.
In conclusion, don't buy a house, ever. I hate this house. I hate old plumbing designed and installed by some guy named Bob and I don't ever want to look at a septic tank again.
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