They quoted too much to do a little plumbing, so we decided to DIY it.

My Son has a damaged sewer line, but they told him it would cost $25,000.00 to replace. Greed shouldn't be rewarded, so I moved my small backhoe there and made an exploration hole.

My BFF Billy playing on the backhoe:

The pipe wasn't where it was supposed to be, so the hole got pretty large.

My friend Randy came to help too, but he is mostly extra eyes; since he tore up a knee, he has to sit a lot. But he's pretty smart, and good to have around to watch for surprises!

But I found the pipe, 5 foot down; with a backflow leak from downstream indicating the location to look for the damage.

What looks like a pipe here is actually a root that will be removed before the hole is refilled.

My little backhoe had no trouble ripping out the blacktop driveway, which saved a lot of pick work!

This is about 5 foot down, just about when I found the pipe. It will reach 7 feet down, so we should be able to dig out the entire line, with my baby backhoe!

I will try to get back there on Sunday, and expose the full line. The repair should be quick at that point, as I have a diamond saw to remove the damaged pipe.

I am sure now that the baby backhoe will have no problem with the wallipini I plan to dig on the homestead. So I guess this is just prepping practice, LOL!