The Result

So, Bob finally came super-late, more like 5 than 2 as promised. There's something in the pipe, but it doesn't seem to be tree roots, or at least not all tree roots. Either something hard fell into the stack, or (and this is really bizarre) the stack itself has dropped several inches and is resting on the bottom of the main sewage line. He wants to dig up the floor and tear out the wall, take the pipe apart and figure out what's going on.

There's strong indication that whoever converted the place to condos did a sloppy job - the line from my toilet to the main line isn't really connected at the end, just sort of sticking out into the main pipe - this needs to be fixed too. He also wants to add an access point in my bathroom, which sounds like tearing up tiles, doing plumbing work, and then leaving behind some sort of metal plate that could be opened up when they need to maintain the system. This sounds awful. He'll be sending us an estimate of all our options soon, hopefully today.

Bottom line - nobody's going to be using that bedroom for awhile. We're going to offer our main bedroom to two of the guests that are coming, K and I will have a slumber party with the third in the living room.

Bob drew some diagrams on our wall, since it's coming down anyway. I'll take a picture and post it, it's pretty funny in a tragic sort of way.