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A Farm of My Own:  Sometimes it isn't very sunny at the farm!  |
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celebrate2727
True Blue Farmgirl
989 Posts
Beth
MJF
Farmgirl
989 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 07 2006 : 08:02:39 AM
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So tis the season to be merry.......unless you go down into your basement and find that the septic is frozen and is backing up in the house. Oh Lordy what a night. First the discovery, then off to the hardware store to rent a roto-rooter snake device, hours of tromping through what I will fondly call muck water(eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww) only to realize after hours of cleaning the pipes that the darn thing is not clogged but frozen. Now to have a septic service come out and pump it ($$$$$ yikes) and then we have to watch our water use til spring when it unfreezes. Ya gotta love the old farm house some days!!! Looks like a lean Christmas here this year.
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
http://blissnblossomfarm.etsy.com
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2006 : 08:41:34 AM
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Oh Beth..what a pain. I hope you have a blissfully calm rest of today after all that!!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
Posted - Dec 07 2006 : 08:41:42 AM
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Oh Beth! What a drag. Glad you got it all cleaned up. And a lean Christmas at B&B Farm where the Head Farmgirl is super crafty? You'll find amazing things to do, I'm sure!
Catherine
http://yogurtandgranola.blogspot.com |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Dec 07 2006 : 10:58:20 AM
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That Stinks!!! Sorry, probably not funny. I hope your day is much, much better today.
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Prov 31:10
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Dec 07 2006 : 11:16:32 AM
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Here's hoping you are out of the muck and back to normal real soon.
Do you have a leaching field, mound or tank type system? Have you had a septic company pump you out since you've been there? Has anyone driven across the leaching field (if you have one) recently?If the "level" is high, the excess rain, moisture etc has no where to go quickly and if closer to the surface, more likely to freeze. That is usually why freezing w/ back up occurs. We had this problem at the inlaws and you definitely have my sympathies, it isn't just inconvenient it is a BIG problem until it's fixed.
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celebrate2727
True Blue Farmgirl
989 Posts
Beth
MJF
Farmgirl
989 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2006 : 09:40:26 AM
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Just a quick update- the septic company came out today and pumped my system. They will be back tomorrow to replace the lift station motor which only sets me back a cool grand. Well thats life on the farm! These things happen I guess. Thanks fro all your kind words. I wouldn't trade this life for all the riches in the world. Being a farmgirl is great. Sometimes the road just gets a little bumpy!!
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
http://blissnblossomfarm.etsy.com
http://bethsblissnblossomfarm.blogspot.com
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2006 : 12:21:39 PM
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Oh gosh- what an awful thing to find!! Glad you could get it fixed so quickly! :)
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Dec 08 2006 : 3:29:06 PM
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You really take me back to when we first got our place! I adore my old home, but geez they used to run the graywater from the kitchen and laundry out to a leachfield through a stone wall! And three guesses what would happen in the winter.
Then we got wise, and hubby drilled a hole in the pipe and added a heat tape, and then sealed the hole. That got us through quite a few years until we could afford to replace the septic system and replumb everything.
No more frozen pipes or problems. And I still love my old house! |
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happymama58
True Blue Farmgirl
1210 Posts
Patti
Missouri
USA
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