Any Body have a blocked sewer line
nothing big just have the plumber auger the pipes, well that's what we usually have done about every 4 or 5 years over the last 30 years we have lived her and 150 or so bucks. The first plumber couldn't get the auger in the house line at the bottom the old cast iron had collapsed so had it rebuilt and then they brought in 2 other machines and still coundn't get thru the line with 3 different machine broke the heads off. 2,200.00 bucks and said it must have collapsed out near the main. Had the county bring their Main line camera out and it ran the 8 Inch main line and my tap was full of tree roots.
I live right next to a school that they had torn down and are putting up a brand new school and they had just poured the new curbs and guess my Main Line is 1 ft from the manhole and 18feet down. Well the first plumber's boss came out and wanted nothing to do with it since it layed 18 foot under the corner school parking lot and he doesn't dig that deep. I don't want to do it but since I did your inside work I will do it for 16,500.00 and I know you can find it cheaper.
Well I did got a company thru a friend and he came out and gave me a bid to replace everything outside and dig that deep. Bid 7500.00 ok
Well he started and everything was going great and they were just going to tie in at the old tap, No the county inspector came out and said NO you have to dig deeper and put in a new saddle and run different pipe. Well the price just went up another 1,500.00
Well it's our crapper and we have been without for 12 days whats a few more. The contractor had stair stepped the banks so we didn't need shoring but one hell of a hole and his 580 case is dug in up to the top of the back tires. (BIG HOLE) well now they have to bring in Box shoring.
Now to top it off the county inspector told the plumber he couldn't tie it in until he checked it Tuesday after the holiday. I wish it was his crapper and he was waiting for a inspector. The only thing that has kept us going is my youngest son brought his camper over in the drive so we could go set and drop a big one. From 150.00 expected to 12,000.00 is a big jump thanks for letting me rant.[:(][xx(][V][:(!]
I live right next to a school that they had torn down and are putting up a brand new school and they had just poured the new curbs and guess my Main Line is 1 ft from the manhole and 18feet down. Well the first plumber's boss came out and wanted nothing to do with it since it layed 18 foot under the corner school parking lot and he doesn't dig that deep. I don't want to do it but since I did your inside work I will do it for 16,500.00 and I know you can find it cheaper.
Well I did got a company thru a friend and he came out and gave me a bid to replace everything outside and dig that deep. Bid 7500.00 ok
Well he started and everything was going great and they were just going to tie in at the old tap, No the county inspector came out and said NO you have to dig deeper and put in a new saddle and run different pipe. Well the price just went up another 1,500.00
Well it's our crapper and we have been without for 12 days whats a few more. The contractor had stair stepped the banks so we didn't need shoring but one hell of a hole and his 580 case is dug in up to the top of the back tires. (BIG HOLE) well now they have to bring in Box shoring.
Now to top it off the county inspector told the plumber he couldn't tie it in until he checked it Tuesday after the holiday. I wish it was his crapper and he was waiting for a inspector. The only thing that has kept us going is my youngest son brought his camper over in the drive so we could go set and drop a big one. From 150.00 expected to 12,000.00 is a big jump thanks for letting me rant.[:(][xx(][V][:(!]
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I hope this makes you feel better about sewer issues. This one is a massive loss just south of me-
Los Osos
Judge rules no refunds for those who paid for failed Los Osos sewer
A bankruptcy judge rules against hundreds of property owners, leaves an opportunity for claims to be refiled
By Sona Patel
Hundreds of Los Osos property owners who filed claims last year to get money back after paying a tax used to start a now defunct sewer project won't be refunded in the town services district's bankruptcy proceedings, a judge ruled Monday.
But the attorney representing some of those property owners said bankruptcy court Judge Robin L. Riblet's decision signaled that those claims could be filed again if the court does not approve a bankruptcy plan for the Los Osos Community Services District.
Hundreds of Los Osos property owners began filing claims late last year to get money back from an increased property tax they have been paying since 2002 to repay almost $18 million in bonds sold to fund property purchase and design on the district's sewer project.
Property owners approved the levy in a May 2001 mail-in election.
The assessment for each single-family home was $3,895, or $252 a year for 30 years when interest is added. Property owners could choose to pay one lump sum of $3,340.
The services district - which has been taxing the property owners - filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in August 2006 to stave off creditors while it tried to figure out how to pay an estimated $40 million in debts.
The debts mounted after a recall election in 2005 changed the majority of the district's five-member board of directors, who then halted work on the contentious, multimillion-dollar project.
The services district's bankruptcy attorney, Jay Michaelson, believes state law precludes property owners from recouping their prepaid assessments.
"The law says that if you go out and you assess and you use the money for what you said you were going to use it for . that's good enough," Michaelson said. "You don't have to deliver a completed project."
Since September 2006, the citizen group Taxpayers Watch has been advising property owners who paid their assessments in lump sums to file claims in bankruptcy court based on the letter from the former board.
Claims could range from $800 to $15,000 (for owners of multiple properties).
Recalled district board member Gordon Hensley, who was one of the first property owners to file a nearly $3,300 claim last year, said the decision Monday wasn't the most favorable but gives him hope that he and other property owners may be refunded if there is no successful bankruptcy plan.
Property owners cannot file claims again in bankruptcy court, under Riblet's ruling. Future claims would have to go through San Luis Obispo Superior Court.0 -
Should have built an outhouse,would have been alot cheaper. 0 -
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frog,
They already have outhouses now, or septic systems anway.
That's the problem. And, it's even worse than this very simple explanation. Some State authority mandated that septic systems could not be used after xx/xx/xxx? date in Los Osos, so they went into the let's-build-a-bug-farm mode (sewer system and plant). Problem was, the elected sewer management district wizards decided to build the bug farm right in the middle of town. People were pissed off and every thing went down the S#!tter from there. yuk yuk [:o)]
Sorry fishfinder, about your money pit. Maybe you could apply for a government grant?? Get a good enough grant writer and you're in.0 -
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[xx(][:(][V][:(!] That's a 17 ft ladder and it's about 5 ft short.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Wolf.
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frog,
They already have outhouses now, or septic systems anway.
That's the problem. And, it's even worse than this very simple explanation. Some State authority mandated that septic systems could not be used after xx/xx/xxx? date in Los Osos, so they went into the let's-build-a-bug-farm mode (sewer system and plant). Problem was, the elected sewer management district wizards decided to build the bug farm right in the middle of town. People were pissed off and every thing went down the S#!tter from there. yuk yuk [:o)]
Sorry fishfinder, about your money pit. Maybe you could apply for a government grant?? Get a good enough grant writer and you're in.
Wolf, I was in Cambria a few weeks ago and it was plastered all over the local news. Anything change? I would be a tad PO'ed if I were paying taxes on that!0 -
nice hole 0 -
U must be within "sniffin-distance" of a "LIFT-STATION".Just think, if you was on the other side of it, that pipe'd only be 24" down...[V] 0 -
Man, ya'll make me glad i live in the sticks...[:)][8D] 0 -
FrancF
This Los Osos thing is such a cluster f^@% that I quit paying a whole lot of attention to it. I think, but am not sure, that the Fed is going to step in and provide some relief.0 -
Everyone should just start going on the Los Osos board of directors' front lawns. I bet they get to work sooner then. They can probably get the feds to bail them out.
Or go and put in a septic system. I think you can get an engineered system for about $12,000. Then you won't have to worry about it.
Just another example of what you get when you count on government to do the right thing. It doesn't happen very often.0
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