I have a clogged drain line under ground in our basement. It's (of course) the one that the bathrooms use as the drain. The kitchen is fine as it uses a different exit system. So I've limited the area of the clog to a 8-10 foot area where the two pipes meet at the clean out, but after the drain grate. When did I find this out? Just the night before going away on vacation while doing laundry. Going to buy a couple bottles of drain cleaner and let that do its thing upon return Tuesday AM, then auger it after work or Wednesday AM. Hopefully that will do it and it's not a bigger issue.
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Follow up (Part 1): Arrived back this AM from our quick trip. Purchased 4 liters of drain cleaner and poured it all down the affected pipes. It's been there since. We both used the facilities at work before coming home tonight. Will have to see if it worked in the AM when wife goes to shower. Part 2 will determine if my day sucks or is OK.
Has anyone ever added an HVAC return and duct work to a room to get better air flow? I had a company quote $1,350 to add a return and additional duct work that would run about 25 feet. Is that reasonable? I have to do that for the first time as well when I get some time. Only like 15 feet of gutters and two down spouts though.
Fucking fuck. It's plumber time! Not sure when he'll be out, but I hope it's soon - I really need to take a shit. Giving the shower as mich time to drain as possible before I attempt this and the ensuing flush.
I have people I can call but I hate asking for help. I don't know how I'm going to balance and screw in those 10 ft horizontal sections while on a ladder alone but I'd much rather figure that out than ask for someone to come over. Sounds WAY high. I think you can get that done for half that price. I could only see that high price if the duct work is inaccessible and they have to rip up Sheetrock for example.
I might have to crack a good bottle of wine tonight. By my estimate (and zillow's) we are under 50% loan-to-value today! Its all downhill from here.
I like your Zillow estimate better than mine - apparently I'm 8 years into a 30-year mortgage and still under water.
Zillow has me down $10k. Redfin has me down $24K. Both are so far off it's crazy. Smaller house on a smaller lot just sold for $30-40K over those estimates in our neighborhood recently.
If it makes you feel any better, I've sold two condos at small losses and my wife had to bring a check to closing when she sold her house. Our current house was bought after the housing crisis and the LTV benefits from 20% additional finished square footage and an extra bed/bath from remodeling and finishing our basement.
That's awesome. With 3 renovations a few doors down recently and about to close with mine just starting, I'm looking at about 60%. Then zillow says my neighborhood is appreciating 8% this year. I'll take it when I bought this house originally as my first rental property.
I am 3 years into a 30 year and according to my realtor, zillow and others, I have about a 40% loan to value. I need to refinance and buy a yacht, srs.
Have to love old houses. None of my bedrooms originally had any lights. The owner before me put in ceiling fans with lights in every room but they are just hardwired in, not ran to a switch. Decided it was time to change that so have been spending the last two nights in my "attic" running wire. Also, decided while I was up there might as well run outlets to behind the tv's in the two guest rooms, and add two recessed lights in the stairwell. Did I mention that my attic sucks, it just has access and maybe 3 feet of clearance at the highest point. Here's a snap my wife took last night since she thought it was so funny.
Yeah it seems to be a pretty extreme way to solve our problem. There's some black liner down there already. It's damp in places, but no standing water or anything. He talked about installing a sump pump, encapsulating, and then a dehumidifier system. I think I'm gonna run to the store and by some air fresheners instead.
So you already have a vapor barrier. How damp is it? Do you have any microbial growth on the beams or girders under your house?
Is dropping an outlet into a closet against code normally? We're turning one closet into a craft closet, thank you pinterest projects from the wife, would like to drop an outlet in there so I don't have an extension cord just wondering if I would be getting into any issues down the road if we ever wanted to sell?
Doesn't look terribly damp. Just a noticeable musty odor. Some slight fungus growth apparent on some beams.
Just laid. It definitely isn't attached anywhere wel that I can tell. But I didn't venture too deep in there. Just going off the pictures the guy took today.
If we were going to be in this house long term, I'd probably suck it up and do the encapsulation. But we only plan on living here for 3-5 more years. Sinking $15k into encapsulation seems like an unnecessary investment for now.
Yeah, at the most I would have the vapor barrier attached to columns/foundation under your house. Or possibly just a new vapor barrier. I just was quoted a vapor barrier install for about 1,400 SF of crawl space for $550.
ChimneyQuest. A few family friends recommended them. We had them out to look at our chimney. So, we had him take a look at the vapor barrier, too. That price was to lay down a new barrier and attach it to the foundation/columns. We also had TIER Restoration look at it and they quoted $650.
$325 to rod the main drain. Feels like too much. Then I took a shit for the first time in 2 days and realize it's worth it.
does it drain out as a field line? My parents had a field line that collapsed and did same thing as yours is doing.