So on a Monday night we noticed a little water leaking through the stairs after Max showered, then Liv showered and even more water started coming through and leaving a puddle on the cement. The next morning I called our plumber to come take a look, and he was just as confused as we were about were the water was coming from. So the next step in finding the leak was to rip out the stairs, and still no luck. Since there was no leak in visible sight we sent Carl the plumber home. Then came the joy of digging a cavern out under the house to expose the sewer line that ran underneatth the bathrooms. Luckily Dean was able to spot the leak in the pipe and dig around it before we called Carl back on Thursday. When he came and fixed the leak, he discovered there was also another one about a foot away from the first one. Unfortunatly the second leak was to far under the house be crawl to, so we needed to cut a hole in the floor above the leak. We then cut a hole in the family room floor hoping it was the right spot to dig, but it wasn't. That meant we needed to cut a hole in the bathroom floor instead, and we had to take up six of the tiles before we could do that. The hole couldn't be to big since the floor joists are only 16 in. apart, and we wanted to keep it as small as poosible. Luckily that hole worked and Dean was able to get down around the pipe and get all the dirt away for Carl. Monday came around and Carl fixed the leak very uncomfortably after only getting stuck once in the hole and coming out through the tunnel under the floor. What a week it was, now comes the joys of building new stairs, and patching up the two holes in the floors. 
Dean digging the hole under the house. He would scoop it out by hand, then shovel it into a bucket and lift it up to me to dump outside in the garden.
Just a little something we added for fun.
Our house has two sewer lines going out, one for the bathrooms and one for the kitchen and laundry. Since we were without a bathroom for a total of six days, we had to go other places to shower or come up with new ways of bathing. Zoe was the lucky one who could still bathe at home. Dean enjoyed his hose showers out in the backyard, and we all had fun showering at his work on Sunday.
Oh how nice it was to take a shower at home when this mess was over, and to be able to flush the toilets after each use.
Dean digging the hole under the house. He would scoop it out by hand, then shovel it into a bucket and lift it up to me to dump outside in the garden.
Just a little something we added for fun.
Our house has two sewer lines going out, one for the bathrooms and one for the kitchen and laundry. Since we were without a bathroom for a total of six days, we had to go other places to shower or come up with new ways of bathing. Zoe was the lucky one who could still bathe at home. Dean enjoyed his hose showers out in the backyard, and we all had fun showering at his work on Sunday.Oh how nice it was to take a shower at home when this mess was over, and to be able to flush the toilets after each use.
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