Well, we finally decided to bite the bullet and to connect the not-functioning-very-well septic tank/system to the city sewer system. It took a trip to the city utilities office and a hefty fee to a week or more of trying to get businesses to come out and give us an estimate (a Herculean task at best), to finally deciding on a bid from a young man with the know-how, equipment and initiative and right price. He is out there now connecting pipe up the 300 feet from the street to the house. He came yesterday with a back hoe and dug the trench. There’s nothing like a piece of heavy equipment in your yard to bring out the neighborhood men. Bruce talked to one guy we’d barely seen for several years. I guess it’s the Toys for (Big) Boys mystique. Errrhh.
