the size of a rat

alternate post titles;

"the bleach is making my eyes sting"

-or-

"i bought this house why?"

so i have a bit of a water problem in my basement.

with every shower came water running along the floor, as with every load of clothes.

shower mystery was solved when i discovered how the drain was plumbed; into a cocked up floor drain under the basement tub! to fix i cut a hole in tub (much fun with grinder!) and plugged the old floor drain. then re-plumbed the shower drain into the main soil stack. fix-us-maximus

laundry mystery is tentatively solved. i snaked the drain into which the tub that the washer drains into drains, and the first ball of shit/hair/drain muck i pulled out was as big as a rat. and stinky, really stinky and mushy. i almosted yacked, almost. the second ball of shit/hair/drain muck i pulled out was the size of your average feeder mouse. also stink and mushy. i almost yacked, again. i ran a tub of water through the washer and the drain is still backed up. i snaked it again and just got a small hair ball. still gross. ran more water and still a back up. i then dumped half of a bottle of the nastiest meanest causticest drain cleaner money can buy down the damn thing. in t-minus 1.5 hours i will deluge the drain with a tub of hot water to see if it did the trick. fix-us-maybeus

so with the ongoing water issue, there is a bit of mold. ok, it's really like chad's fungus emporium, shit's growing down there. i know, gross. i won't be alarmed if you all turn down my party invitations. so i decide i need to dissenfect. i mix a comercial sray bottle with a 4:1 water:bleach solution, and srayed it on everyhting that looked like it might need it. a bit strong, and a bit much.

ok it's making my eyes burn, and i'm upstairs on the second floor typing this, and i sprayed everything over a half hour ago. maybe i should open all the windows and go for a ride in the new saab car.

yeah, i need to leave for a bit.