Where o where does the sewer go?

Where o where does the sewer flow? Have you ever wondered what happens to your waste after you flush the toilet? Where does it go? Well, have you checked the basement???

Today, when we flushed the toilet, it emptied into the basement. Not into the sewer which had somehow gotten clogged up. Ugh. We put our other plans on hold and went to work on the plumbing issue. We rented the rotorooter snake thing from the Home Depot. It didn't look like it was working and we were ready to give up but after two hours the sewer started to flow properly! Hurray! However, being a bit overzealous Stephen managed to lose the metal drill thing that attaches to the snake in the sewer. So there is now a 2 inch metal thing in the sewer. The toilet flushes properly now but it's fluids only and no solids are allowed until the plumber has a chance to look at it.

On a plus note, we also diverted the gutters on the East away from the house and removed the blue tarp from the roof and patched it. With this and the sewer system cleanout we are hopefully well on the way to mitigating the moisture problem in the basement.