He Didn’t Laugh!

Well, not much! Pete the plumber arrived and he did acknowledge that our jury-rigged gizmo had worked really well. (Insert little happy dance here.) Pete, who really, truly loves his work, did some digging, hammering, chiseling, sawz-alling and diamond blade grinding. He “measured twice and cut once” the proper length of PVC pipe. He then attached these job specific gasket/bootie things on each end of the PVC. Then Pete climbed in the hole and snugged each of the gasket/bootie things onto the remaining ends of the original clay pipe. Some tweaking and tightening followed and Ta-Da! Much flushing and running of water ensued, all of which was smoothly transported from house to septic system, with nary a drip. (Insert extended happy dance here.)

Here’s a photo of Pete’s handiwork:

(Carry on with exuberant happy dance!)