Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The new year gets off to a rough start for some.
The rest of the story: in late February 2018, the city dug up the street outside this house to fix a leaking water main. To take a somewhat educated guess, their digging likely coincided with where the drain line leaves this house. Given the timing of the first flood, I can't help but think that they bruised the drain line in some way. Same as this time, only a little, light rain fell. Quite a lot of mud came back up the drain, as you'll see in another video.
We've had far heavier rains that caused no problem.
Taking legal action has crossed my mind, though I'm not sure there's a leg to stand on in that regard. I probably shouldn't even say anything about that. But *maybe* if you know a damn good lawyer who specializes in such -- and this isn't a joke, nor is it for beginners or wanna-bees, so don't waste my time -- on a "no fee unless you win" basis, perhaps we should talk. I don't care about the money. I want to make a point to demonstrate how very tired I am of being screwed over. I strongly believe there is a problem that they are very much aware of. I don't think it's tree roots or similar trouble.
As for the sewer service, their idea of "testing'" for a drain problem involved flushing the toilet a few times (without even allowing the tank to fill back up) and turning on every faucet in the house for about 15 minutes (which resulted in little more than a dribble of water coming out of any of them). They watched for water to back up the floor drains (a massive system that'd take a lot of water to fill) and saw none. I don't think the two are tied together.
I will be hiring another sewer service, and if they have to dig up the whole darn yard, so be it.
I'd also appreciate any constructive input on actually installing a sump into the basement floor. We have a large plastic sump insert thing for that purpose. My father wants to drill holes in it so the groundwater could drain into it, something that I don't think is even remotely a good idea. I think it'd let all manner of bugs in. It's been suggested that we could tap into the floor drain lines with our sump so that if they start backing up, the pump would kick on that much sooner and try to keep the water from coming out of the floor grates.
I wouldn't do it, but there is the temptation just to fill the floor drain pipes with concrete.
The new year gets off to a rough start for some.
The rest of the story: in late February 2018, the city dug up the street outside this house to fix a leaking water main. To take a somewhat educated guess, their digging likely coincided with where the drain line leaves this house. Given the timing of the first flood, I can't help but think that they bruised the drain line in some way. Same as this time, only a little, light rain fell. Quite a lot of mud came back up the drain, as you'll see in another video.
We've had far heavier rains that caused no problem.
Taking legal action has crossed my mind, though I'm not sure there's a leg to stand on in that regard. I probably shouldn't even say anything about that. But *maybe* if you know a damn good lawyer who specializes in such -- and this isn't a joke, nor is it for beginners or wanna-bees, so don't waste my time -- on a "no fee unless you win" basis, perhaps we should talk. I don't care about the money. I want to make a point to demonstrate how very tired I am of being screwed over. I strongly believe there is a problem that they are very much aware of. I don't think it's tree roots or similar trouble.
As for the sewer service, their idea of "testing'" for a drain problem involved flushing the toilet a few times (without even allowing the tank to fill back up) and turning on every faucet in the house for about 15 minutes (which resulted in little more than a dribble of water coming out of any of them). They watched for water to back up the floor drains (a massive system that'd take a lot of water to fill) and saw none. I don't think the two are tied together.
I will be hiring another sewer service, and if they have to dig up the whole darn yard, so be it.
I'd also appreciate any constructive input on actually installing a sump into the basement floor. We have a large plastic sump insert thing for that purpose. My father wants to drill holes in it so the groundwater could drain into it, something that I don't think is even remotely a good idea. I think it'd let all manner of bugs in. It's been suggested that we could tap into the floor drain lines with our sump so that if they start backing up, the pump would kick on that much sooner and try to keep the water from coming out of the floor grates.
I wouldn't do it, but there is the temptation just to fill the floor drain pipes with concrete.
