April 14, 2012 Weeping Bed Fix

After many sewer back ups and floods in the basement,  it was time for a permanent fix.
Plumbers were in several times before, but this time to clean the main pipe coming into the house. 
 Nothing solved the problem. 

A lot of hand digging to uncover the header.  Then the big guns came down.
Neighbor Curtis came down with his backhoe. Such a great guy.    

The weeping runners were clogged solid.  32 years down the drain had consequences. 

Weeping tile (runners) trenches were dug by hand to find the other end.
Curtis dug a massive hole at the end of the runners.  The caps were taken off to unclog them.
Many, many hours of putting the running water hose and the auger in the runners to unclog them.
We also hired a  Mobile car wash with a high pressure wash.  

Eventually the runners were  clean. Gravel was dumped in the massive hole at the end of the runners.
Then covered with black paper and sand.  Hope this is a permanent fix.
Thank you so much for your help Curtis. Couldn't have done it without you.