My wife and I live in an older house.
The plumbing is as old as the place and that means that the pipes are about 60 years old.
We often have problems with the plumbing and I have become very good friends with the contractor down the street. The guy can handle a lot of different plumbing problems with the hot water heater, sewer, gas lines, and the kitchen and bathroom. My wife and I have had to contact the plumbing contractor a couple of different times. One time we had an issue with the garbage disposal. We ended up having to buy a brand new machine. I probably could have installed a garbage disposal on my own, but the plumber was already there. The next time we had an issue, it was with the sewer. The tub in the master bathroom backed up and it looked like brown water. I had no idea why we were getting sewage in the tub and it smelled awful. I contacted the emergency plumbing service nearby and a contractor came out in an hour. It took several hours for the dream line to be cleared. This week we had to contact the plumbing company once again because the drain line was clogged up. My daughter knows that she is not supposed to be flushing tampons in the toilet, but the plumber found a lot of tampons in the drain line. They were causing a pretty big blockage. Toilet paper and other items were backed up behind the tampons and it took a good auger to get rid of the blockage.