Saturday evening my husband went into the downstairs bathroom and found it flooded with water, coffee grounds, noodles, and other items we won’t mention. Apparently we had a blocked sewer drain and it backed up into the nearest sink. Ugh.
Sunday morning was Father’s Day but I called Tom, just in case. We refer to Tom as “Tom-the-world’s-best-plumber” because he is the world’s best plumber. Tom was at our house in less than twenty minutes. He claimed he would have been there faster but he had been dressed for church and had to change into his work clothes.
Tom has a 35 foot snake, a tool that goes into the plumbing line, like a snake, to remove the blockage. Unfortunately 35 feet wasn’t enough, the blockage was past that point. We called the tool rental shop in the next town over to be sure they were open. Luckily, they were open and no one had rented out their one and only 50 foot snake. I’m glad lots of people rent tools on Father’s Day or Tom may have had to travel further to find what we needed. Tom rented a 50 foot snake, praying it would work, because the 100 foot snake has a head that is too big to fit in our sewer line.
At just over 44 feet the blockage was found. Tom removed it and we heard the swoosh of a cleaned out line. It took him several hours but the job was done. Tom asked me for his regular fee but we paid the Sunday charges – after all, we get the world’s best plumber, and he’s worth it.