So the super short version, which I will tell more on later, is that we are not attached to the Louisville Sewer System. We apparently (everyone's best guess) have a septic tank, which no one knew was there and they therefore covered up years ago.
The lovely thing has filled up now and would have backed up, except that they had also built a grease-trap off the kitchen sink. The grease and food is supposed to go down the kitchen sink and settle at the bottom of this little 3 foot well, then the water flows out a pipe into the septic tank.
Well, the tank being full, the water, and "stuff" is all coming back up that pipe and filling the 3 foot well up (right under my back door stairs) and overflowing down my driveway. It's a stinky problem..ahem...
So, the answer, unfortunately, is to spend $12,000-$14,000 and get attached to Louisville Sewers. They want to run a big pipe inside the house around the base of the basement wall and then out the foundation and up through the front of the house, and across the front yard, where it will attach to the sewer system.
They owe us of course for 7 years of sewer bills we have been paying and didn't really owe them, so it might come out a little closer to $8000.
WE'LL SEE....
Stinks for us!
MJ
PS- Sam dared me to title this, "Shi**er's Full", I declined....
1 comment:
I feel your pain on plumbing problems...Chad and I have had our share in the 3.5 years we have lived in this house. Our stinky messes are usually a little closer to home than just the driveway though, but much less expensive. God will provide a way for you to get into the sewer...or out of the sewer...or whatever.
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