my friend calls these "renter moments" (when you wish you were renting)..anyways, plumber came and went. he took one look at my ancient pipes, and warned me..."this could get ugly"
my home's builder was a DIY guy. he cranked out 3 homes on my street. knowing what he knew at the time, he buried (backfilled it)the septic tank and took a brandnew sewer line to the fresh pipe in the street. he used this light metal pipe, that appears to be tar wrapped! my plumber says lots of older homes use this stuff, and it is dying fast. still it probably lasted 40 years. well, the rooter popped a hole in the pipe below the clean out. the clog is cleared, and the hole appears stable...but it looks like i'm about to start digging. the plumber told me, "never pay a plumber to dig"..so i will see how much i can get going tomorrow. we will stay at the MIL's for the week. i have a 60 foot trench to dig..by hand. the clean out is about 15" down, so hoping for a 2% run, the end of the trench cant be that deep.
my next thread may be about "day labor", and hiring them legit
now i need to do some plumbing research. !!$#!$#!%