Yes, once again, the beast showed up, the Monday before Christmas. The first time was during the porch rebuild in 2015: I was so nervous I forgot to take pictures. This time it was to unclog the sewer. It took two days, in the bitter cold.
Working way down in the street.
I had an "elbow" replaced in 2008 and at that time was told more work needed to be done due to tree roots encroaching the Y connector in the street. They quoted a cheaper price than eight and a half years ago. They did not block off the street like they said they would in 2008, which would have added to the cost. We have very little traffic on this short, narrow street; it is one-way coming from one end so that helps. Mostly the traffic is from neighbors coming and going. The job was done before my neighbors came home from work.
I had been stressing because the guy who came out initially told me several bushes would have to be moved. I didn't know how they would survive the winter, plus I had just transplanted the dwarf blue spruce this fall and it didn't look so hot. But fortunately only one small rosebush was in the way, and it's never been that great a performer anyway.
So now I can do my laundry with no fear of sewage backing up into the laundry sink, which was really quite disgusting. I had put it off as long as I could. It's no fun spending money on stuff you can't see, but peace of mind is a good thing.
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