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Thinking about a conversation I was having with an acquaintance years ago. He was a friend of a friend and we were talking about food. I forget the exact phrasing but I brought up loving avocados. He said "what's that?" I was a bit surprised and explained. He responded "OH thats crazy I thought that was one of those made up words". The statement was like a flashbang I had to contemplate for a few minutes. PERSONAL STORIES ONLY, DO NOT INCLUDE A STATEMENT FROM A CELEBRITY OR POLITICIAN.

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (4 children)

About 10 minutes ago my plumber said my problem may cost in the neighborhood of $30k to fix. Yay.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Time to contact more plumbers for estimates.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago

Instructions unclear. I now have 30000 plumber appointments

[–] barkybeak@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I had a small plumbing leak that cost me $700 to fix. There was some water damage but insurance will cover it.

The cost to remove the water - $10k The cost to rebuild after the water leak - $60k

The way our floor was laid makes it impossible to fix just the affected area. They need to tear up the entire kitchen, living room, and hallways.

Six weeks of construction and while they are tearing up the kitchen we have no fridge.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Fridge is just a standard plug usually, move it and plug it somewhere else?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

we have a similar situation with our shower, it would likely cost 10s of thousands to fix it, because water is leaking somewhere and its not really accessible.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] radix@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Sewer line is sagging, so there's a 30ft section that is trapping anything that gets flushed or drained. I called them out to fix a backup, and they found why it backed up alright.

He had to leave to get a better locator to see exactly where in the yard/street would need to be dug up, but it seems to be pretty close to the city connection, so probably in or near the street, which could make the cost that high if it involves excavating the road.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 days ago

Oof. Where I live, if the problem is within four? feet of the city's main line the city takes responsibility for fixing it. Bad luck, cousin.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Replacing a small section of sewer line costs 30k? That sounds absurd.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

shouldnt that be on the cities dime?

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Do you have insurance that covers it?

Ye olde septic system finally quit?