Okay, not oil, but it was viscous and organic. *gag* Matt called me at work today to tell me that we were having a serious sewer pipe back-up problem. This has happened before. We had relatives staying last summer and something clogged a pipe. Next thing we knew, we had some really vile matter overflowing in the bathtub and shower drains.
Today was more of the same. A trip to the rental shop and some dedicated pipe rootering on Matt's part took care of the problem, but I'm worried. Seems like the clogs are all happening out near a mongo-huge arborvitae bush in the front yard and maybe the clogs are from bits of root breaking into the pipes. I'm guessing that digging up the pipe and replacing it could run between $500 and $1000.
Whee.