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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This happened to us!!

We bought a flipper in Pimmit.

Within a few days, the waste from the kitchen sink/garbage disposal was backing into of all things the water heater room pan.

Water from the bathtub drain was going into the other bathtub (another bathroom).

It was amature hour - they misconnected all of the plumbing - for less than $1,000 we had a plumber come out and re-route all the plumbing from the crawlspace.

I hope your fix is that simple - sounds like it might be.[/quote]

Same poster here.

I'm re-reading your post and wondering if your main sewer line isn't clogged.  Maybe you need the main line snaked - not just pipe inside the house.  That's maybe just $300.

Also, do you have a large tree over your sewer line?  Roots can crush the line or at least clog it.  They sell root kill at Home Depot you can periodically use.[/quote]

Thank you, this is very helpful. I would not be at all surprised if there was Mickey Mouse plumbing underneath the foundation.  This house has a renovated kitchen but the inspector found that a lot of the plumbing and electrical was done strangely, as though by a general contractor and not a plumber or electrician.  We thought the inspector identified all the issues and they didn't seem that bad so we werent' worried (this is to answer the PP's question about the inspection: yes, we definitely had an inspection done).

Anyway, thank you for this. We're having a plumber come out today and I'm going to ask about this.  The one who came out two weeks ago thought that it looked like the sewer line goes just to the side of the big tree in our front yard, but maybe he was off?  [/quote]

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