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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 5:05 am 
Hopefully, they will be quick.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 5:30 am
RN They said from the day the ground is broke, it will take 1-3 days. Today they are "blowing out" the line with a special machine because they pushed the blockage down the line and it's stuck. Water is flowing past it, but very slowly. Once that clog is blown out, they can start digging. Hopefully they can start digging today.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 5:34 am
RN The real estate agent said it's better that it happened now instead of after the new people move in. She said it's something they could sue me for.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 5:47 am
The city/county here only repairs water mains and sewers basically up to the property line. I’m pretty sure it was that way in the five other houses I’ve owned in three different states. I vaguely remember maybe one or two places the city/county had assistance programs for qualifying families.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 9:16 am
RN ok, here's what happened day 2 with the plumbers. Before the can replace the section of pipe, they still had to get the blockage out that they had already managed to get out about 90 feet yesterday. Today they brought the blowout machine and I watched. They blew out with water a ball of roots bigger than my head all the way into the city sewer line. When we saw the city sewer line in the camera, we were all relieved because that meant one little part of the pipe earlier in the line is the only thing that has to be replaced. So tomorrow they start digging.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 9:25 am
RN Really, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Just over $3,500.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 9:30 am
That’s bad enough but it could be worse.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 9:44 am
Rn, Wow. I guess it could be worse for sure but that’s rough.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 9:49 am
I agree with Mack. And it brings back memories from when I was a kid. Somebody flushed the toilet and a branch came up into the toilet bowl. The whole line to the septic tank had to be replaced. It was a metal pipe that the tree roots had grown into.
The good thing was that a cousin was dating a guy who had an excavation company, so he did it for free. The bad thing was that he didn't get the right angle for the pipe, so we went many years with problems and my brother and his friend had to dig the whole line up and redo themselves it correctly.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 4:39 pm
Coming late to the discussion…..Did you check to see if your homeowners insurance covered the broken pipe?
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, October 07, 2025 - 5:31 pm
Highly unlikely as it doesn’t normally meet the test of being a natural occurrence like a hurricane, tornado, flood, etc. Most insurance companies would view this as a home maintenance issue.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 8:23 am
RN My homeowners doesn't cover it.  Oh well.
RN Here's a video of them just getting started a couple minutes ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw96DLCxpmc
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 8:49 am
I got the noise, but no picture.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 8:54 am
RN Here's a photo from the security cam just now.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 10:02 am
Wow!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 10:52 am
RN They got the bad section out!
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 12:29 pm
RN, Wow, I got $31.63 as my part of a Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation Settlement Payment. At first I thought it was spam but I checked my Paypal account and there it was!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 1:34 pm
RN That's wild, Dipo!
RN The guys are finally done!
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - 5:10 pm
👍
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, October 09, 2025 - 3:47 am
RN Today is finally picture day for the listing after being put off twice. I've been up since 2:30 AM central time trying to get everything done. Basically all I have left to do is vacuum the whole place, mop the kitchen floor, and put the good covers on the couch and loveseat.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, October 09, 2025 - 5:48 am
RN I am exhausted just from reading that. Lol!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, October 09, 2025 - 10:45 am
RN Pictures are done! My listing should be updated with the photos tomorrow. I'll post it when it happens.
I am doing nothing for the rest of the day but eat, nap, and later try to stay awake for the Cubs playoff game. They start so late.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, October 09, 2025 - 10:55 am
RN Are you watching any dogs today?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, October 09, 2025 - 11:14 am
RN yep just one little one. He's here for a week. And then tomorrow Stella comes over too. The people that wanted to see the house this week are coming next week on Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Thursday, October 09, 2025 - 1:51 pm
Naja, I agree with Grooch, you have been on an exhausting pace lately..
By the way, my neighbors moved.. sadly since literally everyone in our building and many others just gravitated to her and him and they will be so missed,
Luckily they are keeping this property and renting to a lifelong best friend, Nicole and I like her very much. She will be renting out a bedroom and bath and I told her about my friend from TVCH, Naja, and how you had rented to travelling medical people and they really liked that idea or a person with a job, and not a permanent renter. I had read a bit and noted that mostly these people would want a furnished room and Monica and Nicole were fine with that, have extra furniture anyway.
So I think they registered somewhere.
Was there anything that you provided that was really helpful in renting your room?
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