We have running water and unfortunately the kitchen sink backs up. Hmmmm. I'm really hoping its not a septic issue. Luckily the shower isnt backed up or the toilet so Karen and I go down stairs to investigate. The drain for the kitchen sink drops into the basement and runs up hill about 10ft then drops back down into the main sewer pipe and finally out to the septic system. I find a cleanout and pull it apart. Nothing but stink! I finally decide to try and run water up the drain and see what happens. The pressure builds and I cant hold the hose up there with my hands any longer. I pull the hose off the end of the pipe and here comes the blockage. Oh my it stinks like nobody's business. I'm not sure exactly what it was....animals, debris or what but it all came out into the sump of the basement. Problem solved.
Bathroom drain. Upon further inspection we find that the drain pipe from the bathroom sink is disconnected from the sewer main in a remote section of the basement. The bathroom is an add on. In 1855 there was no running water and inside toilets. I'm concerned I wont be able to fit in the space that goes into this section of the basement. Karen agrees to.give it a try. We get the proper lighting setup and I help her into the crawl space. She finds the problem and puts the plastic pipe into the main sewer pipe. She backs out and thats another issue taken care of.
Faucets. After playing with faucets and cleaning them out we decide to replace the kitchen and shower faucets. I havent soldered copper pipe in sometime but it went very well while replacing the shower faucet. Ill attach photos. More to come.
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