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Nursie
| | Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2001 - 3:51 pm: |     |
I have a perfectly round, about eight feet in diameter, depression in my backyard. I first noticed it last summer but it was only about three feet in diameter at that time. I have heard and read about sink holes but don't have a clue how to tell it this is in fact a sink hole nor who to call to check it out. I seem to remember someone in Maplewood having a sink hole in their yard several years ago and that one caved in completly. Any ideas out there? |
Gerardryan
| | Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2001 - 4:34 pm: | |
I suggest either a plumber or the public works department in whatever town you live it be called first. They can probably tell you what's causing it and may be able to determine if the problem comes from something that the town's responsible for. It could be an old septic tank that's collapsed, or it could be a broken piece of buried pipe.
If it's at all deep, you might want to cordon it off to keep kids out. |
Nursie
| | Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2001 - 4:41 pm: | |
Thanks Gerry, I live in Maplewood and will call Monday. |
Spw784
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2001 - 7:50 am: | |
Hey Nursie!? We could fill it with water and go swimming? |
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