Not sure why we were excited to (a) dig up our yard & basement, (b) pay a huge fee to both the County and the sewer hook up company and then (c) sign up to pay for sewer every month for the rest of our life? But we did it! We have had a cesspool that was original to the house (1939) and we have not had any problems what-so-ever with it. However, we did not want it to fail in the middle of the winter when we could not calmly gather bids. We decided on a company and were extremely pleased with the results. They showed up at 6:45am in a literal convoy - big, big trucks with all sorts of heavy equipment chugging down our street as Audrey and I headed to school/work. John got to stay home and do his part (attach the plumbing) and make sure all went well. I called home around noon. They had already finished! (That included cutting a large trench in our basement cement floor, boring under the house & lawn to the street, cutting up the lawn/dirt, hooking up to the sewer, re-pouring the cement floor, putting the sod back on the lawn and cleaning up their mess.)
