Drain line from the house is backed up again into the basement. Joy.
Not what I needed today. Definitely not what Margie needed.
Mutter mutter mutter …
UPDATE: Rotorooter folks on-site. The overflow did drain a bit, and since it was generated out of the washing machine, it’s (perhaps — Margie didn’t say) not quite as awful as last time out.
The last time this happened predates this blog (I have a reference to the following fall here, back in 10/01).
We learned a few lessons. We bought a water alarm for the floor (which is what cued Margie into the problem). We got most of the perishables up off the floor (with the exception, it sounded like, of the box with the keyboard in it).
But we didn’t learn the lesson of regularly sending Root-B-Gone stuff down the drain, for just this reason. Sounds like something to put in the schedule.
The drain technicians have arrive – Huzah!
Got confirmation at lunch that the folks have come and gone, all’s right with the world. Judgment call was icky-sticky sedimentary sludge — our pipe’s not well-angled, so things just sort of build up over time.
So, alas, it’s not something we’re going to be able to do something about in the future, aside from keeping the battery in the water detector charged, and keep perishables off the floor.