Man's Home Never Connected to Sewer

[KamaAina]

For well over two decades. With predictable results.

http://news.yahoo.com/s//yblog_localsfbg/20110310/ts_yblog_localsfbg/ripon-mans-home-never-connected-to-sewer

For more than 23 years, the Ripon resident's waste had been deposited underneath his front lawn.

Sloan said sewage backed up into his home on a recent Friday night through the shower, toilet and sink, filling the house with a foul odor and forcing him to call for help.

"It just backed up tremendously, it was just disgusting," Sloan said.

The plumber dug into the residence's front lawn and found a problem he had never seen before: A 4-foot-wide gap where the connecting pipe was supposed to link the home with the city pipeline.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[HopeHoops]

1. And the GOP logic: "Why should taxpayers pay for that? It is his fault for not noticing the problem

Well? Isn't that how they justify things?

[Kali]

2. not much different than a leaching field for a septic system

and hey, it apparently worked for 2 decades - much longer than most septic tanks last without a cleanout:rofl:

[snooper2]

3. That's pretty impressive actually...

I bet his landscaping looks wonderful!

[KamaAina]

5. Indeed.

The problem has been repaired, but the sudden absence of regular "fertilization" may keep his lawn from looking so lush.

"I did have a pretty nice lawn out there, that's for sure," Sloan laughed.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

4. I helped a friend in fixing up a bathroom on his family's ranch

Somewhere in the history of the place, the garage was turned into a guest house. We had removed the sink and found all the other necessary pipes...that is until we pulled the toilet. The thing had no pipe...it emptied into a hole in the floor. Whoever had originally put this in simply decided that they would make a hole in the septic tank right below the toilet with a few feet of free fall in between. (It did explain some of the smell problems) After a little inspection through the hole, we also found out that the entire guest house was using a septic tank we knew nothing about!

A call to a plumber was made immediately.