Yes, I could be proactive about the rain gutter thing and take it upon myself and disconnect them. And then be very very careful to make sure that I don't change the hydrology of the area and affect my neighbors.
But I will say the following: The flood in my basement did not happen because there was a backup in the main sewer line due to all the rain. The flood happened because there was a blockage in my sewer line connecting me to the main sewer. We have had much worse rains than that fateful day and no one around here has had sewage in their basements. My neighbors have lived here for 25 years and sewage in the basement has never been a problem, although a number of the houses have had the same issue I had, where their connection got blocked and and the rain water over-ran into the basement. Of the two neighbors who have been here the longest, it has happened to each of them once. I am not in the least concerned that we will overwhelm the sewer system in this area. We are the highest houses for blocks and blocks around, and my house is at the upper end of the neighborhood. If sewage is backing up into my basement, the folks at the end of the block will have about three feet in their basement. And the folks in all the houses around our little neighborhood will have sewage pouring out their second floor windows. *GRIN* Yes, I can have them send a camera down the line, my plumber mentioned it. I am not exactly sure what that buys me though. He went down the secondary clean-out trap near the back of the house and made it through to about two feet short of the main trap leading out of the house. He augered the hell out of it but couldn't get through whatever was there. If we spend the 185 bucks to send a camera down, they will be able to tell me exactly what is blocking the main trap, a pipe slipped, something fell down the basement drain, whatever, but it wouldn't change the fact that we would have to dig up the basement floor around the main trap to unblock the blockage. So, why spend the money only to find out ahead of time what we would find out when we dug it up anyway? Just my thoughts. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
