10 degrees + Plumbing = Bad

It has been an interesting day or two here.  Yesterday while doing the dishes I noticed the sink was backing up.  Even with the use of the trusty disposal it would continue to back up.  No big deal, right?  All I have to do is run the disposal every so often and the problem solves itself.  That was until I noticed a little drip of water on the PVC pipe under the sink.

Enter the plumber.

To their credit, Dwyer Plumbing managed to fit us in Friday afternoon (apparently pipes burst all over the area creating high demand for their services).  Unfortunately, the plumber wasn't able to bust through the blockage... even with their heavy duty, electric snake (which according to the plumber can push through anything).  Eventually the plumber called it a day and suggested we get a space heater and try to thaw the pipes.  One run to Lowes later and we have had the heater under the sink for a good 18 hours now.  Thoughts were, that would take care of it.

Of course, good things come in threes (this whole experience is obviously a good thing because it builds character).  Good thing number two: the washer backs up, shooting water out everywhere.  The plumber thought yesterday that, though the drainage line from the sink likely hooked up eventually to the same drainage for the washer, the washing machine should be fine.  Guess not.

Good thing number three: the crawl space.  To see if we did indeed have a burst pipe we pried open the crawl space hatch and took a look.  Well... we still don't know.  From what we can gather from photos, the crawl space access we have is only for the "old" part of the house.  As you can guess this has the potential to pose many, many problems.

So now we're waiting for the plumber to give us a call back and the weather to warm up.  Can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday.