Unexpected expenses and emergency repairs are difficult to budget for. These are some of the reasons we have to build in 6-months of expenses as a cushion.
Our tree in the front yard has worked its roots into the sewer pipe. Yesterday morning we experienced a toilet backing up into the shower! Standing water on the garage floor.
A day I would have worked 5 or 6 hours became a day I stayed home. The plumber came about 2pm. By 3pm he had called for help. The access to our sewer is in the crawl space and was difficult to open.
The machine snake worked for over 1.5 hours chopping at the roots and clearing the passage. It worked and that was great.
Then the invoice! Ouch! Two plumber for 3 hours plus the first guy for one. Let me just say we could have cut down the tree for half that.
'til later
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