Waiver_Request.pdfMemo to: Jennifer Lambert - Edmonds Bldg. Dept. 12/10/13
From: Maurice Tugby, 8801 Olympic View Drive, Edmonds
Subject - Sewer drain pipes
You made an initial inspection of the work sewer repair pipe that we did behind
my house. We had replaced a small section of the sewer pipe. You did not find
any thing wrong with our replacement pipe section connections. However you
were concerned with the small rising slope of the pipe to the adjoining pipe. You
suggested that I might get a back flow preventer pipe. I did some investigation
about a back flow preventer pipe and I found out that in most cases where this
was used that the preventer pipe (which has a flapper on it) frequently causes
jams and has to be cleaned out (sometimes monthly). So aback flow preventer
pipe does not appear to be a proper solution for me.
On July 18, 2004 a Rotor Rooter service man advised me to contact the City of
Edmonds to see if our sewer problem was partially due to where 3 houses are
connected to the sewer outlet a few feet below my property line. Two city
employees came out and they wanted to run a camera down my sewer line. They
immediately found that there was no sewer cleanout immediately behind my
house. They didn't want me to have to spend more money with Rooter Rooter to
just an opinion about what needed to be done.
They needed to access my sewer line so they broke up some concrete in 2 places
(one about 3 feet behind my house and another place about 8 feet away). They
then installed a cleanout about 3 feet from my house and they made sure that my
sewer line was clean and operating properly. The sewer line goes about S feet
from the cleanout and then turns and goes about 50 feet downhill to the city
drain connection for 3 houses.
I had a sewer backup in November 2013 and I contacted Roto Rooter to fix my
problem. A man came here and ran a cable (from a cleanout access in my
basement) with a camera on the cable. He found out that a pipe was broken just
a few feet behind my house. He charged me $465.38 and gave me a quote of
$4,500.00 to have the broken pipe replaced. My grown son and I immediately
said -that price was unreasonable and we would talKe care of -the broken pipe
repair ourself. I got a Edmonds Sewer permit and preceded to replace the broken
sewer, pipe. I feel that the City of Edrnoncls should not have connected the sewer
pipe from my house outto a cleanOLFt that did riot have the proper' slope (going
upward instead of downward). THE SEWER SYSTEM HAS WORKED SATISFACTORY
FOR MANY YEARS. I FEEL THAT WE SHOI-11-D NOT BE REQUIRED TO BREAK UP
ABOUT 8 FEET OF CONCRETE PLUS CHANGE THE PIPE ON THE SLOPE TO SEE IF
WE CAN GET A GREATER SLOPE ON THE PIPE. THE CLEANOUT CANNOT BE
1_0WERED. I CAN PUT IN ACLEANOUT ON THE SEWER PIPE ATTHE BOTTOM OF
THE PIPE THAT FIAS A SMIALL UPWARD SLOPE IF THE CITY THINKS THIS WOULD BE
ADVISABLE. I ALREADY HAVE A CLEANOUT IN THE BASEMENT "T'HAT LEADS TO
THIS PIPE SO ANOTHER CLEANOUT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY.
I WANT TO GET APPROVAL ON THE PERMIT OF CONTINUING TO USE THE SEWER
PIPE REPAIR AS WE HAVE DONE OR TO GET APPROVAL TO PASS INSPECTION IF I
PUT IN A CLEANOUT AT THEBOTTOM!, OF THE PIPE THAT SLIGHTLY SLOPES
UPWARD.
Sincerely,M-25-774-334-9)
a u ri ce Tugby (4