aftermath

well, that was way not fun but gave me an excuse to pee outside. yeah not something one normally does in such a tiny postage sample parcel of property.

once the drain slowly emptied out of the shower, i tried flushing the toilet in there - oh that was a bad idea. it started filling up faster than it was draining. Big old huge volume flusher. Nice blue ceramic. Never gets used. basement was set up for second apartment style living at one point, kitchen and everything down there. Why? Dunno.

only access is through the bulkhead door.

So that moment of oh shit water is going to go everywhere was avoided for a bit.

finished drying up the mess. set up some fans, turned on the AC to pull the humidity out...  opted out of calling Roto-rooter, night plush holiday weekend probably was a decent premium on top of already a premium service.

Wait and see... the girls headed off to Dunkin for a pre-bedtime bathroom use, and this whole time last night I was physically at my limit, like full on limit.

Exhausted. The only day I haven't worked in the last 6 weeks or so was Sunday last week and that was Mt Bike day and other stuff. Not a rest day but no work.

So eventually everything is stabilized, but not draining well at all.

If you recall that last plumbing fun, the snaking of the bathroom drains, oh and the garbage disposal i guess, I have not had success clearing the drains chemically lately, just hit em with the snake. I put 10' of snake in the shower downstairs and it did nothing. Kind of like putting the chemicals in the shower upstairs. it does nothing.

BUT i had 3/4 of a container of the large size of the acid drain cleaner. The stuff that seems to work better than the more commonly sold sodium hydroxide base stuff.

And I emptied the whole damn container into the shower pan and left it overnight.

Finally in bed at 10:45, took a bit to settle, then a while tossing and turning before falling asleep, maybe i had too much coffee yesterday in an attempt to combat fatigue.

So, today, E got up at 5:45 am to go guide on a long run, i woke up at 5. had to pee, but didn't want to wake her so i dozed until her alarm went off - headed outside in the pre-dawn, then downstairs to check the floor. Fans and AC did a good job of drying it all overnight, nothing wet enough long enough for serious damage. And I put maybe half a gallon of water down the drain in the shower, either maybe to push whatever hadn't diffused overnight down or to dislodge the clog.

And went back to bed. And didn't wake up until 11am. Oops.

Drain testing seems to have gone well. Shower and toilet and just now a small load of laundry, all seems to be acting as it should and not filling up the shower pan.

Fucking birthday miracle.

Of course it is now after Noon and i've just slept and worked on sorting the drain, still piles of wet clothes outside to deal with (that were on the floor) waiting to get washed, and then the stuff that was down there waiting to get washed from who knows when that no one needed or bothered with.

Lots to do - not sure what it means for the rest of the weekend, going to opt out of everything today except the shopping, maybe in plans for riding tomorrow I'll see if i can address the creaking of the big wheel mt bike.

The day is mostly gone, i'm still tired, but relieved that the drain thing worked itself out with a little help and patience. Although I guess we'll be keeping a really close eye on it for a while. hopefully it will aid in a bit more organization around here. I'm not optimistic but i'm hopeful.

So yeah your birthday may not be a big deal, who cares, or it is has always been a fun day...  mine? not so much.

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