What started as a sewer backup turned into one of the sketchiest projects I've ever attempted. The chaos, the mistakes, the moments where I genuinely thought I was in over my head (literally), and somehow, eventually, getting it done.
A plumber came, ran his camera, cleared the roots — and then pushed it a little further. That's when we found pressurized water spraying inside the sewer pipe. Turns out I didn't just have a broken sewer line. I also had a busted main water line buried under my front yard. Right next to the foundation.
So I did what any reasonable person would do. I rented a 3.5 ton excavator, took 4 days off work, and tried to replace both pipes myself. Nothing went according to plan.
