So the bastard wasn't clogged after all... whew?

Little Miss and I were under the house with a rented auger, working away, trying to get the "clog" cleared out.

When we were done, we put things back together, then brought all the tools outside, into the freezing rain so that we can rinse them off...  AND to also rinse ourselves off in the freezing water from the hose.

I had Ellie return the auger and while she did so we tested out the draining capabilities of things.

The damn thing still wasn't draining.  I sure as hell wasn't going back under the house.

Ellie was flipping out about the whole thing.  She was almost screaming and crying.  I hate when she does that.  I mean HATE when she does that.

So, I'm calling around to friends who are contractors.  One of them recommended a plumber friend.  I called this plumber and he told me that we might need a plumbing "Jetter" to get the lines cleared up.

While I'm calling around, Ellie decided that we "had" a clean out under the kitchen window outside.  I told her we didn't, but she still insisted that we did.


So, I had to go outside and show her where the pipes were all connected outside because she didn't believe me.

Well, she enlisted the help of Big Miss, and they dug around the pipe.  While doing this, they moved the rail road tie that was over the junction we added for the back bathroom.

Turns out the rubber junction collapsed because of all the weight from the earth, rail road tie and concrete poured close by. (Duh!)

At this current moment, there is still an open hole for this pipe.

I'll need to do some measurements, dig the hole out a bit bigger, then put in some brick/stones to support the junction from underneath, then to put in support around and over the top of the junction point.... finally, to also put support under the pipe from the house to the junction point.

That aught to solve the problem and we can fill it in.

I really shouldn't be doing too much work like this because of my knees.

Besides, today, I have a job fair that I'm going to, just for tech companies/jobs.

Before leave I need to try tightening the belt of the car again.  I thought I had it done yesterday, but apparantly I made it worse.  Which doesn't make sense to me...

So I'll do it again...  then get cleaned up to go.