Sewer

Hydro jetting quotes have a special talent for making you feel two things at once:

1. “okay, fine, I’ll pay it, I just want my house to work again”
2. “wait… am I getting upsold, or is my plumbing actually haunted?”

Both can be true, by the way.

Because the phrase “drain cleaning” is doing way too much work.

“Drain cleaning” can mean a guy with a little snake in one sink.

I’m not going to pretend this is fun.

Sewer line stuff is the kind of homeownership where:

• you learn new vocabulary
• you stop eating for a bit
• you start bargaining with reality

And then you type the phrase everybody types:

sewer line replacement cost per foot

The internet hands you a clean range. Real life hands you a quote that looks like a ransom note.

So this is written like a notebook. Not like a brochure.