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Yeah... just put 500 bucks into a new effluent pump last by gozer
week. Seems I need one of those because they built the house at a lower elevation than the leach field. At least it wasn’t another $2000 well pump. Or 25k to replace the deck that rotted out a couple years ago. Re-doing the fence section that was damaged by the same tree I cut down that did most of the demolition work on the deck is going to be another several hundred (though I think we should put that off a while and leave the redneck halfass job up for a bit until money’s a little more free). New roof? Yeah, that’s expensive (three years ago). Repacking a driveway? Expensive...(last year) Dealing with a prick lying propane delivery guy who doesn’t want to drive down the asphalt driveway in winter because it’s a little icy? An incredible headache, but didn’t actually cost money in the end.