He and helperboy showed up around 3PM and they filled the holes with pea gravel, hauled away all the debris, and plumberman broke out some more floor and replaced the floor drain near the washtub. The old drain had a hole in the side from when the floor drainage system was installed piss-poorly.
Filling in nicely
So now everything drains the way it's supposed to, and the only thing left to do is for us to put down the new cement to fill the holes.
He suggested that we wait a week or more to make sure everything works as expected (and tested) before putting down the cement. We sure don't want to have to have him bust it all back out if there was a problem. I really don't foresee any problems, but we will wait a couple weeks to be safe.
Some mopping to be done yet
They did leave quite a mess on the floors from all the sludge that had been piled up there. It will take a hefty bit of mopping and scrubbing to get it all up.
And luckily there was just enough space to get the washer and dryer hooked up, but we had to put some plywood down to get the washtub back in place.
Not pretty, but it works.
Plumberman gave me his cell number so once we get all the cement down, he can come out and install the cleanout covers and cut down the drain pipes. He left the drain pipes long to cement around. He said that he could do that for no charge, so that's nice.
So, while we are not 100% done, we are in much better shape than we have been in a while.
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