Gma turned Plumber

Gma trying to figure out whay the sinks won't drain

My plan of starting to post again were rendered void by ongoing house problems. instead of enjoying our new son Samuel, Gma and i are trying to figure out the kitchen sink plumbing. the fact that the neighbor's beautiful ficus tree was cut down last wednesday did not exactly help with either activity, rather, it was pretty upsetting:

Anyhow, the good news there is that the ficus (my boss called their roots WMDs) will not buckle our driveway any more or enter the other neighbor's sewer lines or try to break through the foundation of the owner's house. no picture of the what it looks a the moment yet, but this one shows the tree almost gone:

The other good news is that after 3 intense evenings of plumbing analysis (with the help of uncle Mike and his plumber friends in Berne), adding secondary venting, and replacing the whole kitchen sink piping and properly connecting the dishwasher drain to the garbage disposal we now have a set of 2 draining sinks! it took 2 trips to home depot, during which i spent about $120 on plumbing supplies, most of which i will be a

ble to return. i estimate that i n the end materials were probably $20 for a couple of PVC pipes and ABS pipes and a trap. just don't try to start adding up labor!