September and October

This is what drain field tile look like for those of you who have spent most of your lives in a city or town.  Gosh!  I grew up in the country and didn't have a clue.   All of the waste materials and water that goes down any drain in the house collects in the septic tank.   Then all the water is seperated in the tank  filtered in the drain tile and then drains into the soil.  It is really a very efficient system and here we insisted on the best possible system to protect the environment we live in.

As I told you the well and the septic were installed a few weeks ago but I thought I would show you a bit of how it was done.  Besides I wanted to come back to this point for a bit of a story.
   This being the only house we have ever built and being new to everything like septic, well, and drain line for the sump pump.
  Then having one contractor for Digging the Well
One for installing the Well Pump
One for installing the interior plumbing and sump pump
And one for the septic

Plus all of this piping coming through the north wall of the basement with the sump pump sitting in the northeast corner,  you will probably understand that it was not an easy task to get to the bottom of this leak in the corner of the basement and who was going to be responsible for getting it fixed. 

Well all the contractors came out and rechecked their work, and no one could find the problem.  However the plumber,  the well contractor and the septic contractor all said it looked like a problem with the well pump as his lines were coming in through that area of the basement wall.  He however swore up and down that it couldn't be his work.  He had to come back four times.  First he tried to say it was a problem with the well, then all the rain we were having and then something was wrong with the drain tile that is placed around the footings of a house.

He  finally decided it was indeed his work that was at fault.  So he came back to dig up his lines coming into the basement and fix his piping.

Through all of this he is the only contractor exibiting a really bad attitude which isn't helping the situation.

So  in the process of digging up his piping he bumps the 30 foot line for the sump pump leading from the basement to the back of the back yard.  Now we have to call in the plumber again to reset his line.  By this time when ever he comes out to the house to work (I believe I have visible steam coming out of my ears)  So when he approaches us and says "If I have to come back here one more time,   you will find me dead in your front yard" what pops out of my mouth before I can even stop myself.

We'll bury you!

We do laugh about all of this now. In the end he did apologize and he also ended up paying the plumber and giving us a gift certificate as a way to make amends.

It did all end well but there were a few really stressful time during construction and this was right up there at the top of the list.

But you know the basement is now finished and the rest is history.

Here we were just puting on the first coat of dry lock.