5 weeks of sewer misery!!!!

Where should I begin with this novel... the part where Owen flushed part of the toilet brush down the toilet about 8 wks. ago or where Jason hit a sewer cap with the mower about 6 wks. ago??

How about I fast forward to only 5 wks. ago, It was a Saturday and I was scheduled to be at an all day conference for church when the girl who staying in our basement comes up and says her toilet is bubbling... OH BOY!! There went my Saturday and Jason was heading to the local rental center to rent a plumbing snake... he thinks he gets it after several hours and we return the snake...

The following Friday night Jason noticed it was bubbling up outside when he pulled up from work.. so off to the rental store first thing Saturday morning.. Ah he gets it.. so he thinks!

The 3rd week I notice it when leaving for a hair appointment.. So not a way to start a beautiful Tues. morning... this time we call in the experts and Ray's Plumbing comes out for 10 min. max and says that should do it flowing nicely.. What??!!

The 4th week I noticed it again... this time while taking Carter out to the bus.. it was pouring out of the vent pipe near the street...So I called Ray's again and they came out and this time he told me it was more than what he could do and said I needed to contact my local sewer authority.. Now we are talking! Someone else is liable for all this mess.

The 5th week... Mon Morning (12.8)E.Cocalico water & sewer Auth. came out and ran a camera through the pipes. they were here looking for quite sometime but never came to the door to let me know anything and then they left.. no news is good news right?? WRONG!!!
Tues. Morning(12.10) The Water & Sewer dude calls me to explain that something of a circular shape with a bolt or screw is lodged in our piping 4 ft. away from the vent pipe( which puts it right under our sidewalk)... and he tells me that we are probably going to have to excavate to correct the problem.. my heart sank and all I could think of is "How are we gonna pay for this" . After he said excavate I zoned out. although I did hear him say that he has to give me the official notice, which will be mailed today or early morning, stating that I will be held responsible in getting this problem corrected and I have 30 days to do so.... I just wept!!!

Then this afternoon I called Ray,they seem to think they can push it out to a larger pipe and we will be OK without excavating.So someone came out, done their work and left in close to an hour. He said he feels confident that he pushed it through as the 1st time he went in he was met with resistance and the 2nd time he was not.. I still requested that someone come out with another one of those cameras and check... the Township is requiring that we submit what we done to resolve the problem!! I am praying that Shannon (the guy from Ray's) got out the LID FROM THE SEWER PIPE!!!! yes the object in question seems to be that dang thing that Jason knocked in!!!

Here's to unclogged pipes!