Plumbers #2 visited yesterday, charging the Landlord $400 to shoot a camera down the building's sewage drain. Camera made it 37 feet before hitting a wall. Tons of disgusting rank up until the 37th foot.
Building is 80-90 years old. Building's main exit pipe is clay. Pipe is probably cracked.
Two options: (a) hydrojet it every 6 months ($2000) or (b) tear up the major street out front and replace the pipe permanently ($14,000). Ouch. Landlord is getting a third opinion.
We're ordering lumber and Hardibacker today. Lumber to build a loft/bed/closet in Bedroom #1. Hardibacker to prep floor and walls in the bathroom. Ceramic tile can never go on plywood.
The rest of the flooring will be raised 1/2" with plywood to smooth it out. Kitchen will be more hardibacker as we'll lay ceramic there. So much to do, but need another $5000 to get it done. Looks like April 22nd to May 9th will be a lot of work. Hopefully we discover a lot of free time to do it.
I'm still excited more and more.
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