Each boy got a special trip alone with Daddy to the store today.
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Andy got to go with Daddy to help buy a 25 foot Plumbers Snake.
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Doug got to go with Daddy to help buy a 50 foot Plumbers Snake.
The good news is that we think we have it fixed. Jim ended up on the roof going at the main drain for that bathroom and I was down in the basement workroom trying to listen at the pipe to see how far it was going. Thank goodness for cell phones and free calling between our phones because we didn't have to holler at each other the whole time. He got a big old wad of what look like cleaning wipes (hmm...I wonder how those got in there) and perhaps some dental floss (????) out of the pipes. Things seem to be draining smoothly now. Anyone want to buy a very slightly used 25 foot Plumbers Snake?
Jim also cleaned out the pipe for the AC unit and reattached it and it doesn't seem to be dripping now. We have a fan on and the area seems to be drying up nicely. I suppose it is sort of a temporary fix but hopefully it will last us until next month which is likely to be the first time we can act on any sort of purchase of a new unit.
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- Susan Z
- I'm a wife, mother (twin 6 year old sons and a 4 year old daughter), graduate assistant, student (working on a PhD), and one of those people who just doesn't know when to say no when asked to do something. This is my place to share, complain, brag, explain, reflect, chuckle, etc. with the rest of humanity. Welcome to my world.
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Hopefully the cleaning out of the pipe on the AC unit will be more permanent than temporary. We had some dripping in our crawl space where our downstairs unit is and all it needed was some cleaning out. Glad to hear the snaking seems to have cleared up the bathroom fun.
Must feel good to have accomplished some stuff in the house (fixing things that are broken) without spending a fortune. I'm sure that 2 plumber's snakes are less expensive than one visit from a plumber to do that for you!!!! And if you can put off the purchase of something until you are ready, that's a lot of reduction in stress! Good for you guys!
If you purchased the plumber's snakes from Home Depot, you can return the one you don't need, even if it is slightly used. I know this from experience. ;)
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