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So homeowners question (related to what, you might ask!):

Posted by Reagen Nov 3 '17, 07:41

how many of you
a) have a sewer backup valve
b) have it accessible
c) have your sewer cleanout accessible
d) do so once a year to inspect and clean them out?

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Recent experience has shown me that if I could do the last 20 years over again I would have cleaned out my P trap lines annually. - Max Nov 3, 08:39
we had some slight issues with backflow preventers this fall -- nm - crash davis Nov 3, 08:21 1
- but for your poll, at home - a & b: n/a, c - yes, d - no, only when there is an issue, the last of which was 12 years ago -- nm - crash davis Nov 3, 08:25
I have C and have the plumber clean it out when things start backing up. -- nm - Ender Nov 3, 08:00
you really need to just tell them to take the house as is or you are rescinding the sale offer and relisting the home at 5pm -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:52 8
- contract expires at 9 tonight. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:58 7
  - Yeah, they’re stalling. I am sorry this will cost you money, but it means somebody better will live in your old home. -- nm - David Nov 3, 08:01 6
    - Not sure about Canada, but here it'll cost the buyers their earnest money. Which amounts to a few thousand dollars. -- nm - TWuG, neck model Nov 3, 08:18 5
      - in theory possible, in practise never happens. He might be able to, but a legal battle would almost certainly ensue. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 08:28 2
        
        Tying a couple of frustrations together, my MIL actually did on the sale of her farm house - Reagen Nov 3, 08:30
        
        Yeah, anything short of, "We just changed our mind." ends up being a fight. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:29
      - Not if the buyer is not complying with the purchase request. (sorry R.) -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:19 1
        
        Yeah, I'm not honestly certain which side of the line this falls on - Reagen Nov 3, 08:22
We did at our old house, but we were on septic. Here, we have city. -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 07:52
My answers are a) yes, of course b),c) no d) wtf are you talking about why would you do that -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:50 3
- Isn't your sewer clean out just an access point for easier roto-rooting if necessary? (Otherwise, maybe I'm thinking of the wrong thing.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:53 1
  - you're thinking of the right thing but it's under our sub-floor. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:56
- With a city sewer, agreed on all counts. Septic system is a different set of answers. Any chance the buyers are used to septic and not sewer? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 07:52
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Related: came across this story a few weeks ago. -- (link*) - znufrii Nov 3, 07:46 1
- And no, I don’t have (or at least don’t know about) any of those things you mentioned. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 3, 07:47
uhhhhh... I think no? -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 07:46
a what? -- nm - groiny Nov 3, 07:45
I doubt I have one (no basement) or that my dude has one (his house is pretty much on the highest point anyway). -- nm - mara Nov 3, 07:45 1
- Yeah. I’m on a hill and houses here almost never have proper basements. I have a bit of a cellar, but it’s nowhere near water/sewage. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 07:48
A) In Winnipeg, you're foolish not to if your basement is finished. B) Yes. C) Yes. D) Nope. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:44 3
- I was gonna say. After the big flood in ‘97(?) that’s all my aunt would talk about. - mafic Nov 3, 07:49 2
  - Yep, 1997. (Good pull btw.) Winnipeg is built on a river flood plain. Gots to know what the water is doing. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:51 1
    - I only really remember because I drove through on my way home from university, and I thought one of the first times. - mafic Nov 3, 07:55
Are you on a city sewer line? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 07:44 8
- We were, we had issues, SM fixed them cause the city didn't do anything about it. But yearly maintenance? no. -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 3, 08:00
- Exactly, if you are not on a septic system, who gives a fuck about the sewer system? It works or you use a plunger to get it to work -- nm - Bacon Nov 3, 07:45 2
  - ... it stops your neighbor’s excrement from flooding your house under certain circumstances. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 08:00 1
    - (depending where your water line is) - Reagen Nov 3, 08:02
- yes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:44 3
  - Then, as you know, these buyers are asshats. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 07:47 2
    - Where is the closet to store our asshats? -- nm - Buyers Nov 3, 07:47 1
      - heh -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 08:22
I don't even know what that is -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:43
Don't know, Don't know, Don't Know, No -- nm - Bacon Nov 3, 07:42
e) no idea -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:41

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