I lived in the house about 9 years and the washer drain began overflowing. When the washer emptied the kitchen sinks would fill with water. I used drain cleaner a few times and it helped the problem, but it kept recuring. So I finally decided I would find the sewer line, dig it up and install a cleanout. This would allow me to snake out the pipe. I figured it would be a weekend job, digging a hole around the pipe big enough to cut and install the cleanout. I used a 1/4" rod and probed the yard until I found the sewer pipe. Had the pipe pretty well marked out and was ready to dig. I took out the sod and 2 shovels of dirt before I hit the---- CLEANOUT. That was 6 years ago, I'm still beaming about it. Mike :-)
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14 years ago