Plumbing Update
As you all know, I had an overflowing drain problem in my bathroom, which is also my laundry and the toilet is in there too. Plumbers were arranged on Friday and arrived on Saturday, pipes were reamed out and tree roots blockages removed as much as possible. All was well by Saturday evening. For a while. Sunday morning my toilet began making the usual gurgling sucking noises that indicated things were not well. I hoped it would settle down, after all the pipes had been cleared, right? It's Monday morning now, 4:31am as I type this and I have been up since 2am which is when I woke to the sounds of the drain overflowing. Again! I've never seen so much sludge (and poop too) and what appears to be noodles from chicken noodle soup. I don't eat chicken noodle soup. I laid newspapers to soak up as much of the mess as possible and gingerly stepped around and over to rescue things I'd need when bathing and washing my hair in the kitchen sink. I'll...