BeaKay
New Member
Ok, so I'm a first time home owner, disabled by a back injury and sick for 6 years with pain...Which is why I seem kind of clueless (I'm just mainly too sick to be on top of my game). Yesterday morning, I discovered that the cap thingy in the yard that the RE agent couldn't tell me about must be some kind of overflow valve, because it was surrounded by water and bits of t.p. Since it was an outside drain and I've never had to even think about that kind of thing (none of them were ever visible in the CA houses I lived in), and, having been turned down for Disability in Sept, run out of money in Oct, listed my house for sale two days ago, and not having funds to hire someone, I pondered it for a day (again - sick and mentally slow, lol) before deciding to try pouring something from the house down the tub drain to see if it would dissolve the clog (which I'm sure was due to too much of a new kind of t.p.; it hasn't rained and there are no trees in the yard or within 20 feet). I used baking soda plus vinegar, then later, some probiotic house cleaner, to see if it would eat up the clog, overnight. Again, no funds really for the Instant Power stuff, unless I spend my last $20 on it.
This morning, I went out to check, and saw that, although it seemed drier around the overflow near the house, the other thing sticking up much farther towards the back of the property which I now assume is another overflow, has water around it.
Is it likely that the clog has moved along? Would that be a good sign and should I repeat? The lot is pretty long and the two overflows are about 70 feet or more apart. Should I splurge and try the Instant Power stuff in the farther one, if I can get the cap off, or try to borrow a snake from a neighbor?
This morning, I went out to check, and saw that, although it seemed drier around the overflow near the house, the other thing sticking up much farther towards the back of the property which I now assume is another overflow, has water around it.
Is it likely that the clog has moved along? Would that be a good sign and should I repeat? The lot is pretty long and the two overflows are about 70 feet or more apart. Should I splurge and try the Instant Power stuff in the farther one, if I can get the cap off, or try to borrow a snake from a neighbor?