There has been on ongoing problem with the septic lines in this house and one of the persons who came out to look them in June suggested there was a break. So, the man who dug up the yard last fall to fix the problem, came back. Jerry's tractor arrived over the weekend and he arrived with a helper on Monday. I was a bit annoyed cuz I had to move more rocks and garden than I had hoped, but it all worked out.
Carefully tying off the phone cord that runs directly over the septic line and down the drive in a meandering line.
They did not find a break. They did discover the pipe wasn't at the right elevation/angle/ whatever. Jerry wanted to cut open the pipe and when they did, it was odd. They found it was full of sediment and some rocks and sand. Not much else. So, Johnny cleaned it out with the garden hose.
They left to get a different fitting and attached it on their return. I was told to use the water to flush the system out. Jerry's not sure where the rocks and sand are coming from, (there was a small section of the drive that wasn't dug up this year or last year), but when Johnny sluiced the hose through, Jerry heard water in the pipe on the other end. I did not call anyone to camera the pipes.
On Tuesday, Jerry and Johnny filled in the hole. For some reason he had more hole than dirt, so Jerry had to find dirt from elsewhere in the yard.
The lighter colored sandy soil is now dark from the rain. I wonder if it will lighten when it dries out?
Unfortunately, in the movement of the soil, Jerry accidentally clipped the overhead power line. Homer Electric Association was called and they arrived promptly. They two linemen were informative and helpful.
In this picture you can see the loop that was tugged free and a bit where the line the man's taping was clipped. We were fortunate. The loop looked bad and it appeared nothing at all was damaged! PTL!
This was pretty cool, the man on the ground used a long extension pole to unhook the power from the house. Much easier, safer, and faster than climbing up the pole!
The man in the basket twisted the lines back together til they look almost like they'd never been touched.
The man on the ground opened up the breaker box and discovered all was still tight. The place where the power lines go into the house wasn't damaged either. The lineman in the air said it still looked secure. Which was good. I certainly wasn't going to climb up there to fix it Although, I probably could have hired Johnny if I needed to!!!
All in all, it was a long couple of days. Jerry's pretty sure everything is ok, but I"m betting the pipes still have problems. I'm going to have Peninsula Pumping out to hard vac them out every few months til something else can be done. I was going to replant all the flowers I dug up near the house and put the rocks back, but I'll leave it sort of plain and put the plants and decor elsewhere for the time being!
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