In case you haven’t heard, we’re connecting to the city sewer line after discovering (in January) that our septic tank floated. The City of Austin is a bureaucratic nightmare, but the connection has finally been made. Now we need them to come back out to inspect again. I am not sure how much difference it makes since we are indeed attached and the septic tank is collapsed…
It’s been an exciting ride. The first day of excavation led to a busted city water main…twice. Our entire street was without water during dinner time. Our neighbors were not pleased.
About 5 minutes before the pipe was hit (last Tuesday):
Lake Meadowheath:
Master Plumber, Eric, explaining that the City had come out and marked the pipe that morning. 4′ from where the pipe was ACTUALLY located:
Isaac supervising the trenching in our back yard (Burl is our contractor and is operating the excavator):
Floated septic tank – you can see that there was only about 2 inches of dirt over the one side:
Trench from our back porch and out through the gate:
Trench across the front, side yard:
Collapsing the septic tank (yesterday):
Leavin' for Leuven 