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Did you talk to a different plumber than you were referring to in your original post? This doesn't surprise me. When we had a messed up plumbing situation in our 100 year old house, we had a "retired" plumber come in and due stuff that wasn't up to code. He would do it because he wasn't liscenced anymore.
You noted above yourself that it's illegal. Smart of him to not do that for you. You'll have to find some weekend warrior plumber on Craigslist or something most likely.
No sorry. This is the same plumber. He first told me he'd do it and then apparently changed his mind.
Yeah my inspector dropped the ball here. Didn't say it was illegal. Now I have water rushing out the side of my house everytime I do laundry, soap and all. Should be interesting in the winter. I have no clue how this guy didn't get into hot water with his neighbors.
So your options are,
For B, he mentioned something about ripping up the floor of the basement. It would probably cost thousands of dollars so not even an option.
Good Lord. Yep - Option C sounds wonderful. Who wouldn't want water running down the side of their house? It only creates mold and undermines the foundation.
Ya, I was going to see what the best door option was. I would definitely want a door on the back that could accommodate a riding mower as we have a big back yard. Not sure if a full roll up door, or barn style doors are better/more economical for that purpose?
Can you describe it in more detail?
Its not really running down the side of the house. There is an outlet right by the ground and the water goes into one small section of the garden by the side of my house. Honestly, if there was a fence in front of it I'd probably just leave it but this is in FRONT of the fence.
Option D :
extend the pipe or put a hose on it, burry it so it pops out away from the house.So the water from the washing machine goes through the wall via a PVC pipe or hose or something and on to the lawn/garden? At first I thought you had a disaster waiting to happen, but now it sort of sounds like the setup for most sump-pumps here in MN (albeit, one that pumps a LOT of water on to the lawn). As long as it is far enough away from the house and the ground slopes so that it's not going to ruin your foundation, I'd consider leaving it.
Yes that is exactly what it is. The house used to have a septic system and they bypassed draining the washing machine to the septic system. When sewers were installed they never touched it.
This is what I was thinking. When my grandpa built their house, he did something like this. There was a basement but no water ever got in however the laundry room was ~10 feet away from any basement wall. (No basement under the laundry room) The huge downside is that the area that was used for laundry, the outside, was always wet, damp, mosquito bad, and other insects. My grandma used the area but at time couldn't. The water discharged near the house, no hose or sewer line nearby.Option D :
Definitely extend that pipe. Can't do much in the basement although covering the pipe with a stair kind of thing may save trouble later on (tripping or something). I'd hate for you to live there for 10 years, try to sell the house, and then have to fix the whole thing due to future codes and stuff.
Burying it would have me worried about critters getting in and through into the house. Especially in the colder climate that he lives in. Just an odd/weird situation. What is the price tag to "fix" this whole issue?
N.p. it's just how it goes when filling it with water the walls cave in but then they go back. Here another pic a little better. https://i.imgur.com/EK2jBQe.jpg.
If they are dry leafs maybe blow them or vac them up? I just let the leaves of stuff mix in with the mulch.
The insides of my arborvitae never seem to stop shedding. The best you can do is shake out the inside as much as possible before you put down mulch. These things are tiny though, why do you need to pick them out? They will decompose and mix with the mulch.
Funny, I thought about using my vacuum to get rid of some of the debris there now (the dry stuff but I am raking as much as possible and will cover what is there with the new weed mats. I'll post a pic at some point but one issue I have is that one side of my trees are near a fence so about 25% of my trees are bare to begin with. As far as the leaves go, many are currently mixed in with the rocks so mulch will assist in their decomposition or just don't worry about them?
It's dark out but the top 5 pictures attempt to show what was done today.
Just saying but I did not buy the rocks. They were here when I bought the house.
I’m not sure who advised you to put rocks there but that’s not good advice. Lose the rocks, stick with mulch
