Hells bells and tortious shells as I once heard the curse.

*** Posting from me will be sparse or disjointed as will me responding to comments.  More on that later ***

I had everything set up to answer all the comments I have saved.  I have like 70 open tabs of all the comments I really want to read and address.  I know a few have said never feel like you need to respond to me, but I really like to.  I don’t have the ability to get out and see many people is because I am disabled, so I love interacting with people online.  Maybe I get the community / personal interaction to them people who interact with other people get. 

I also had cued up 8 tabs from Male Survivor I was trying to read and respond to.  Understand that reading and responding to those posts are very draining to me.  But before I could get to much of that, Ron wanted to take a walk before he went to his doctor’s appointment.  

Please notice the change of color.  I am very tired as I write this and Ron is cooking the supper we worked on during this crisis.  But I need to get this written and eat then I fall into bed exhausted. 

For weeks or months I have been telling my wonderful husband I smelt sewer shit smell.  He kept telling me it was the wind on the air vent for the toilets.  But it got worse and worse.  So he said turn on the vent fans and see it will go away.  But then it did not.  I kept telling him there was a leak under the house.  He was telling me I was just being reactionary … sound familiar, just what the republicans accuse the democrats of being.  Turned out I was correct.

So today after he got home from his doctor’s appointment, he walked into the house a said wow this place smells like shit.  I replied I kept telling you that.  It did not go over well.  But I convinced him to take up our bathroom floor which has a trap door to the underneath of the house.  When he did that he came to me and admitted he was very, very wrong.  We had a large pool of sewage under our home.  Oh fuck, fuck.  It appears one of our toilets has been dumping all its waste on to the ground.  But worse the break was not under our second bathroom toilet.  It was between the bathrooms.  He would have to take up both bathrooms to fix it.  Oh be still my racing heart.  

I spend the entire afternoon showing him how if he had to rip up everything to fix the sewage leak, I had long been wanting a change to both bathrooms.  See the second bathroom was added as only a sink and toilet but when James moved back in he needed a bathroom shower so he did not come into our room to get a shower … sometimes in the middle of us having sex.  I did not mind, and James said it did not bother him, but Ron being old school was mortified.  So he carved a large chunk out of our bathroom to put a shower in the “guest” bathroom.  

So I have chafed about that intrusion preventing me from having the bathroom I wanted in my own bedroom.  But it has been years since James moved out.  I have told Ron we could have a much better bigger shower and the rest … as I have been telling him for years.  But now that he has to rip it all out anyway … he suddenly seen the light.  So I spent the last part of the time I have awake showing him my vision of the two bathrooms and helping him do the measurements to show I was correct.   He agreed with me and that is the plan moving forward.  Then he shut down.  And so will I. I am going to bed.  If I post it will be hit or miss or reply to comments it will be even more sporadic than what I already do.  Trust me to put the comment in an open tab backed up by my computer program.  I will some year get to them.  Best wishes, Hugs, and lots of love.   Scottie

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I am an older gay guy in a long-term wonderful relationship. My spouse and I are in our 36th year together. I love politics and news. I enjoy civil discussions and have no taboo subjects. My pronouns are he / him / his and my email is Scottiestoybox@gmail.com

16 thoughts on “Hells bells and tortious shells as I once heard the curse.”

  1. Hello my most wonderful brother. I was so disheartened for you when I saw your message on this. Somedays it rains bad news! I am glad to hear that you are going to make this particular silver lining come shining through.

    Hugs!

    Randy

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  2. Best wishes and love and all to you guys! I do not envy you a bathroom renovation, even as I need one myself! Yikes. But, I know you two will make it work well, at least!

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  3. Get a couple of box fans, put them in the crawl space under the house, let ’em run on high for a couple of days, blowing directly over the mess. You’d be surprised how well that will dry it up. My main line, where everything ties in and dropped down towards the septic tank fell off several years ago. Twas a nightmare of a mess, but the fans dried it up enough where I could get under there and do the work to fix it.

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    1. Hi Shell digger I think you had it much worse than we did from your description. We did use your suggestion and Ron removed sections of the skirting and replaced them with screen, then opened the shed access and put our standing fan in front of it.

      Then two days later he opened the floors of the two bathrooms to pour cat box litter into the water he realized the leak was not from the swear pipe but the sink pipe. The sewer smell was from the water sitting there and the air bleed from the back feed of the toilets. I will explain with the video when I am feeling better. But the toilets were leaking at the seals and need to be replaced along with the flooring, but they were not the problem with the leak beneath the house. Again thanks for the suggestions. In times of crisis we take all the help we can get.

      Except the one time we had three drunk neighbors try to help us back up our 60 foot RV. I upset them when I told them I had driven semis and so please go away they were interfering with the person I had on Wi-Fi ground guiding me. They got highly offended. Hugs

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      1. You got lucky. Still, a PITA, stinky job. One of those things that sneak up on you. When you own your place, you can’t call the landlord. You call the fix it guys, get the quote, and realize it can’t be that difficult to do it yourself lol. I know there’s a lot of folks don’t know which end of the screwdriver to hold on to, I’m not one of them 😉 Neither is Ron, sounds like.

        Drunken neighborly neighbors, no thanks!

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        1. Hi There was still some stink but not the overwhelming horrible breath catching stench that poured out of that lake of water when we first opened the first bathroom floor. Ron had a lot of work to do and I helped him with what I could. I have the pictures and plan to do a video or write on it as soon as I can keep anything in my stomach. Hugs

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  4. Those trailers sit high enough off the ground that could be repaired without remodeling the bathrooms. Any excuse is not necessarily a good one. Shelldigger is right about airing it out, at least make it bearable, but my best advice is call a plumber

    Of greater concern to my experience is water damage to the floor, which doesn’t appear to be the case. When I was still doing remodels and repairs* I would always advise homeowners before I crawled under the house there is always a fifty percent chance the floor will need to be rebuilt. Again, doesn’t appear to be the case

    *If Trump and the Traitors take my $$ I’ll be back in business …

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    1. He Ten Bears. I really do appreciate your comment and you are very correct on the floor. However our home was put in around 1984. The crawl space below is about 16 inches in most spots tighter in others as sand has eroded in.

      I do hope you don’t have to go back into the business of repairing mobile homes, my spouse who was once a contractor finds at 70 years old it is a horrible task to undertake.

      Yes Shell Digger was correct and what my hubby did. He removed skirting from around the house in those areas and installed screens. Then put a standing fan on the lowest height setting in front of it to blow into the underweight to air it out. When we finally opened it up the shit smell was gone and he could use the cat litter to dry up the water. I will explain it all in a video as soon as I feel better hopefully tomorrow.

      Sorry for the delay but I have been so sick it has been hard to function. We do want and enjoy all your comments. Loves and hugs

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        1. Hi Ten Bears. We talked and measured both rooms. He now has a plan. But I was so tired trying to figure out where to put what and how much room to give a toilet, that I couldn’t even think on it more. But Ron said I illuminated the issues for him and gave him the ideas of the layout he thinks works the best. Instead of 6 inches he figures now to 7 or 10. He is going to put the shower and toilet at the far wall of the room as they will both stick about the same length out into the room. The small vanity is only 25 inches wide and 18 inches deep but he plans to add a tile extension to it. I bought him some tile tools today. Once he starts I will write more on it. But I admit it just wears me out trying to do the where to put what and then change it, then change it again until you see what works the best. I get confused and worn out over each change / idea. I start to forget the numbers of width or length. Yes we will go at Ron’s pace as he is doing the work. I help where I can. Hugs

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  5. Hello to everyone. The leak turned out to be the long sink small pipe that broke due to a miss application of a boot coupler by James under the house with Ron directing the action from above. The sewer smell was due to the sewer gases from the toilets and other things floating into it. I plan to do a video as soon as I feel able. Hugs

    I want to thank everyone for their comments and observations. You helped us immensely even if you did not know that. I love each of your comments and will respond to them. Hugs

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  6. Just so everyone knows the reason I have not done the video yet is I have been ill since Saturday. At first I just slept, then I started with vomiting and having diarrhea along with pain in all my bones that normally don’t ache. I will heal up and be back soon. Hugs

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