GrumpyEditor
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To be fair...I'm "lucky" in that it's only a drain pipe and only does this when we're using the kitchen sink. I crawled under the 80-year-old-house to just make sure nothing was damaged from the cold snap. It's getting fixed which is nice.
Ignore the wheezing...I'm not built to squeeze into tight spaces. Between this house and my wife's car (that of course we JUST paid off) my wallet is screaming. If anyone wants to get me something for my Cake Day...a goddamned break would be nice.
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GrumpyEditor
Oh I have.
NotGoodAtUserNames1
We had a pipe burst BEFORE the cold snap, but it was the one that ran from the house to the main, so… it ran constantly. $2700 plumber call and a $300 water bill later, it’s fixed. “Thoughts and prayers” with you and yours. 😂
GrumpyEditor
I would rage at that. But, one thing that should help here, is I’m not technically in city limits and I’m on well water.
TheMightyMoto
Sucks. At least it's a drain.
GrumpyEditor
Yup. It’s just, like most things in life, compounding. I need a damn break.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Damn! Can you turn off the water? Sooner is probably better than later?
GrumpyEditor
Yeah. I know where my kill switch is. But it’s not doing this currently. Only when I use the kitchen sink or dishwasher. We’re gonna hold on of that until I get a plumber out. I might be able to fix this myself but I’m not confident enough in my abilities.
Th1ng
use a bucket under the sink for waste water collection until fixed
HandoB4Javert
RichardHardley
someone's been using drain cleaner. You might want to make sure there's nothing slowing it down or blocking it downstream 1st
MattK824
Not to pile on, but the gray looking pipe in the back may be polybutylene (PB) piping, which is bad. Very weak, prone to failure, should be replaced with PEX asap. If you're located in the southern US, that's likely what it is.
GrumpyEditor
Yup. I’m working on it piece by piece. Not ideal but I’m broke. 😂
MattK824
As a contractor, I'll say PEX is pretty easy to diy. The materials are cheap compared to every other system, don't need the fancy hydraulic crimper a plumber has, a $100 manual one works the same, just slower. Same for PVC drain lines, pretty easy once you watch a few how to guides online. Plumbing is definitely a place to save money versus electrical or structural for example. Just my two cents.
GrumpyEditor
Appreciate it. I haven’t hired anyone yet. Just had a phone call.
Syndicofberyl
You're gonna need two neoprene compression sleeves a length of pipe to go between, and it looks like you're gonna need to adapt it to the larger line
GrumpyEditor
I think I’m hiring this one out. I’m afraid I’ll fuck it up and have to pay more to fix it.
Syndicofberyl
If I lived near you I'd do it. That one doesn't look too hairy
GrumpyEditor
Oh I’m sure it’s not. But just in case.
HandoB4Javert
Duct tape...
q2grapple
*quack*
GrumpyEditor
Sure, if I didn’t want to fix it permanently. It’s an old cast iron pipe. I’m not interested in it failing again. And it’s leading to PVC. I’ll just put more PVC in its place.
HandoB4Javert
Oh, you actually want to FIX the problem!
GrumpyEditor
My starter home is my forever home.
HandoB4Javert
Ghostwish
As someone who once owned a house older than they are, yeah, I feel your pain. Buying old houses is a gamble not for the timid.
GrumpyEditor
We’ve been, for the most part, lucky. The stuff we’ve had to fix was mainly because the previous owner thought they were Bob Vila but were actually Tim Taylor.
Ghostwish
Oh I feel ya. House was a late 70s build, got renovated in the 90s. However, it quickly became apparent that all the work had been done by a friend of a friend of a cousin of this one guy at the wedding and absolutely no one that was certified or up to code. Also they didn't replace the cast iron pipes. Oof, that.
GrumpyEditor
Our is 1940. And what makes me chuckle is someone started modernizing the plumbing. There’s a lot of pex and pvc under there. But then there’s this too. I just spent 25k on other fixes, some of them cosmetic.
Ghostwish
SHEESH, you got me smoked there. Worst my old hobble of a home did me was bust the main drain line under the house. Cost me a tidy 5k. However, the HVAC system was also FUBAR as they had only tacked on the 2nd story's piping to the original layout instead of redesigning it as they should have. I think I lost about 20-30k in the sale because of that? Yeah new owner says the AC upstairs still sucks. But not my problem now, haha! The lemon has passed! Yours is livable now, I hope?
GrumpyEditor
Yeah. It’s good. This’ll be fixed and I’ll start prepping for whatever is next. 😂