It was a real 'deja vu' moment yesterday, as coffee in hand, my quest for a quiet place was unsuccessful. I couldn't escape the noise and vibrations caused by machinery coming into contact with layers of flagstones and concrete. If you have carried out any renovation work which involved removing walls or digging trenches, then you will know the exact noise I'm talking about and a noise I thought I had heard the last of in this house.
After nearly two years of skirting around the problem and numerous notices pasted on the wall of what NOT to put down the toilet, 2 (very expensive) visits from the drain busters and a very unpleasant smell from blocked, overflowing drains, we had no choice but to replace the drainage pipes running along the whole length of the house.
So after blinging up the garden, I'm back to basics and €5,000 out of pocket!
Someone once told me " when you buy a house, the work never ends" - I guess they were right, there does always seem to be something needing attention.
Bin Der, you are absolutely right about the bends, the pipes in the picture are the old ones and as you say, no clean outs with ninety degree bends! Thank you for the comment. MamaB X
Posted by: Mama B | May 5, 2012 at 07:12 PM
Are those the old pipes in the photo, or the new ones? If they're the new ones, well, I'd still be careful about what you flush. Ninety degree bends? No cleanouts?
Posted by: Bin Der | May 5, 2012 at 04:21 PM
It will be wonderful to not worry about the flush as no matter how many times you tell the children ...... There is a rumour that there are plans for our area to connect to the public sewer but since it has been around for the past 4yrs that's something I will think about if/when it happens. Maybe I should start a collection jar now!
Posted by: Mama B | May 3, 2012 at 10:22 PM
Ugh. I feel your pain. Our fognia biologica failed last year and we had to connect to the public sewer - 30 vertical feet above us. Pumps, pipes. It was a huge job, and don't you just hate spending money on stuff like this? So many other more fun things to use it for. (We were lucky, when we re-structured the house in '02 there was no public sewer on our road). But won't it be nice when you don't have to worry every time you flush??1
Posted by: Fern Driscoll | May 3, 2012 at 09:50 PM