Ownng a home can be expensive when Termites invade or your Sewer breaks...LOL
That's an extreme drag Blue, a friend had a termite infestation that cost about 20 grand a few years back , the first he knew about it was saw a bulge in the wood around a door and when he investigated , a bunch of flying termites swarmed out. he ended up replacing all the floors and the only reason the roof wasn't ruined too was he had concrete walls that stopped the little critters from getting into the rafters .Then when he moved his bathroom he had the same issue you had, a leak under the slab , cost another small fortune to fix.
i hope it isn't too invasive or expensive to fix your problem.Best to you and your family !
Wow Dan,
Do you bring back some old memories in Termite infestation! Been there also, get this, one night, me and the Mrs Blue are watching TV and in our living room in the evening. And for some reason during a TV commercial, I happened to look up at our Ceiling which is Popcorn sprayed (old school according to Grand kids, LOL) and I see these funny dark small spots coming thru the Ceiling, so I tell the wife, this looks like Insect eggs or something, I get up on Chair, and touch one of them, and a Termite comes and looks at me, shuttles back in....I am dumbfounded, what the heck is Termite doing coming out thru Drywall????:hehe:
Come to find out in 2 days, by Pest Contractor we had, it was Subterranean Termites, now whats the difference, well these nasty little critters, can come as far as 200 feet away and 50 feet down in the earth......They had come from somewhere in our neighborhood and come up through one of the cracks in the Slab Foundation, only needs be 1/8 inch or so.....But these Colonies unlike the Critters that fly and Swarm, is in the Millions, not the 1000's so when you get them, you don't wait 2-3 or 5 years to see the damage, and....They are dangerous to your homes structural health.....We were fortunate to have detected them in our 2nd story floor, so they shot Pesticide down in the ground about every 5 feet through very high pressure Steel Rods, to fume the Soil, and hopefully, it has been about 15 years now, none ever seen except the Dry-wood, (airborne Queens in Spring or late Winter show up), we thank heavens never got them again, I think it was 1500-2000$ for treatment of 30 feet of Slab area, only other thing, they carefully took up our Carpet and then relaid it for us, you would never know.......
There is a portion of the Community, according to Termite friend, who says, well it is just termites, I don't worry about them, it takes a long time for serious damage, and the Contractor told us, the larger part of their business is do the 15-40$ K bearing wall repairs to homes, where the owners didn't care or realize the true damage of these (will eat you out of our house and home Critters) couldn't be truer statement, in any scope of imagination. So since that time, we get yearly inspections, and usually either in Attic or one of the Roof Overhangs outside, will have these pesky critters invasion. And our guy will come and show me.......Before he treats it.....Very honest and up front folks......
I should tell you the main reasons for ongoing Termite issues, We and other neighbors thru-ought the Valley we live in, it at one time 100 yrs ago, was all AG area, Citrus and other type fruit trees, Farmers let some of trees Rot out, perfect for Termites to grow their huge families, and now you know the other page of the Story, WALTER Cronkite.
Now back to our Drain, we got it in on last Friday, and today, Tuesday we have final inspection by City, I am biting my nails here, hoping it goes OK......140 Foot run when all was said and done, and once Concrete where we sawed it out is filled back in, well, could be about 20K.....Ouch.......Hoping my House Insurance might help, but that is a Maybe, you know how Insurance Co's work, grab your money, monthly, and pay as little or none out when Claim comes in.......Well it seems that way? I spoke to them today, it is under determination......
Take care my Friend, I'll let you know about our final Inspection....
BTW,,,When you got that Scare on Mouse Glitch, my problem, was slightly different, but still I lost the first time around, lots of work on my Merge project with Wilson Mills and 4 other tiny Routes I merged on. It seems, that sometimes, when you do lots of Terra forming, adding Tiles, whatever, sometimes the Drive doesn't complete all the Drive updates on your Route, and I bungled it worse, by deleting a few of the wrong Route Files....User Error.
Only thing that saved me, I had a week old or 2 week old, don't remember now, of Route CDP export backup, so I just ended up, redoing a lot of the same lost work, I had done. Only this time, I am keeping lots of Files in reserve CDP exports so I can go back over time. Mine got corrupted, in Sessions too...Where they would open correctly, basically, layers of Track and or Texture were missing.........Oh what fun, but now, I have my act together, and I have more proper backups as I do my work......Takes a little more work, but is well worth the alternative of recreating.....LOL
Bit of insomniac tonight, it is 1:00AM in the morning, and here I am typing to my friends........Going back to bed now........Have a great week, and good luck on your repairs with Route......We sure are not bored are we.........Will see what tomorrow brings.....:wave:
) really give the scene a dramatic effect. All your experience on the Unitah is really making this route shine!
Sir Dan Gavel, your work as always sends me on Magical Journey of Land not seen, I love it......Especially the Ruggedness of Mountains, and the way you can plant your Shrubs in Trees where there is no defined Pattern, each area is unique........
