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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/30/2010 10:35:46 PM
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hotsaucygma
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Ha! No Pam, it's not "personal" plumbing issues  .
I have been having ongoing sump-pump issues for the last couple years. It appears that once again my sump-pump has died. This one only lasted a couple months  . When the guy put this last one in we kind of determined that I must have a broken pipe from my kitchen drain - apparently "stuff" from the kitchen sink goes down the drain, dumps into the drain tile under the basement floor and then empites into the sump pump basin, clogging the pump.
To "fix" this he believes I would need to jack-hammer up the basement floor and replace the broken pipe. This will run several thousand $$ which I do not have. I had hoped trying to be sure to scrape dishes and dump things in the bathroom sink instead of the kitchen would baby the pump along at least until next summer when I hopefully would be a bit more able to handle the cost of the real repair. I guess that's not going to work.
So now I am looking at fall coming up, which will mean a "rainy" season, and I'm in a fix - or not (in a) fix(ed) depending on how you look at it I guess  .
One "handy man" guy that I was whinning to suggested maybe replacing the sump-pump with a sewage pump, that they are designed to move sewage and have a grinding mechanisim that might not be messed up by the stuff from the kitchen... anybody know if that might work??? Any Den-Men with any idea(s)?
Arrgh. I hate this part of home-ownership- alone. My Ex would have known how to take care of this, not to mention being another much higher income in the household. However, on the bright side, I don't have to deal with his "temprement" and this too. Sigh.
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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/31/2010 7:16:56 AM
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FunBetty
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I wasn't up, hsgma....for once I slept through the night! lol....
Good morning, all.
*passes the coffee and chocolate milk around*
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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/31/2010 7:35:18 AM
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FunBetty
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Way to go GC!!!!
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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/31/2010 7:39:31 AM
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yeay gc!
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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/31/2010 7:45:10 AM
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Way to go GC!!!!
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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/31/2010 1:57:50 PM
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Our trash guy is notorious for showing up between (before 7am) and 1pm. You'd think he'd be consistent, as a few times we put the trash out at 7am and he had apparently already come. So, like any neighborly pest, we usually let it sit out there for a few days before retreating back up the driveway.
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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/31/2010 2:14:06 PM
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Our trash guy is notorious for showing up between (before 7am) and 1pm. You'd think he'd be consistent, as a few times we put the trash out at 7am and he had apparently already come. So, like any neighborly pest, we usually let it sit out there for a few days before retreating back up the driveway.
Our recycling pickup is typically around 6:00-6:30 each Wednesday morning. I'm so glad my bedroom faces the back yard rather than the front.
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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/31/2010 2:52:14 PM
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Eutychus
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Most of my neighborhood puts garbage cans out the evening before pickup. Is there a reason not to do that where you live?
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RE: The Lion's Den - 8/31/2010 2:53:35 PM
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Most of my neighborhood puts garbage cans out the evening before pickup. Is there a reason not to do that where you live?
That's what we do too...makes it easier to do it when it's still light outside since I leave at oh'dark thirty to go to work. 
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