Lately, some May find I'm just a down and outer. I swear life isn't this cruel but Lately the past 2 weeks have just been that relentless!

I got another story for you all and maybe I can receive a pointer as well too. Last night, was thanksgiving, we're hosting it here at our New place.

Wife has been working away at prepping the dinner since the start of the week. Making pies and bread etc. I'll add this as well: Monday night she made an Apple, pumpkin and two buttermilk pies. Next morning we come out too the kitchen and the lab had eaten both buttermilk pies!

Anyways, we had gotten everything set up thanksgiving day. Wife goes in to shower and the toilet starts bubbling. What? So I thought it was plugged. I go to flush it and it starts over flowing. Then I plunge it, and it goes down. But then I hear gurgling and it's coming up through the tub!

then it starts coming back up through the shower! Oh no! I've got a backup!

What's wrong? Is the septic system full and falling? Why, I just had it pumped before moving in! So I look at the cleanout outside. Pop the cap and starts overflowing on me! Great! So I had a neighbor who gave me a snake. One of those small piddly ones that are meant for a bathroom sink. Tried with no luck. So, the only thing I could do. Dig and get the lid off the tank. Me and my dad out digging frozen ground on thanksgiving.

We finally get the cover off and the tank was not full! Yay! Which implies the leach field was still working. So I look at the inlet on the inside, tree roots!

Got a plumber out to come snake the line. It was one he'll of a plug! But relieved to have the septic system back in order on thanksgiving!

Its no fun having a house full of people who cant use the bathroom or sink to wash dishes or hands.

The plumber told me I need to Dig out the inlet side and seal the hole for the pipe with hydraulic cement to keep roots from growing in and causing the plugs.

..sooner rather than later!

But I guess I have something to be thankful for. Plumbers who make An emergency call on a holiday to save our butts from an almost botched thanksgiving night!

But not without a price, at the tune of 142 dollars later to snake 25 feet of line! That's how much I love my wife and wanted her to be happy and less stressed on our first thanksgiving in our house.

Edited November 28, 20159 yr by hex0rz

I too have those days lol.

I believe we can all claims days or weeks like that. Life aint fair is what my old man always told me.

What was it plugged up with????

 

 

I'll bet I can guess!!!

VCP? Vitrified clay pipe? Orange? 

I think the most important thing when it comes to a time like this, when the harder you try putting out fires, the more it grows.... singes eyebrows.... is to remember.... God knows everything.

When I think of that I just roll/ go with the punches because there are good times just around the corner.

 

 

Edited November 28, 20159 yr by JAG1

$142 is pretty cheap in comparison what backed up sewage can do.  Glad you got it taken care of and that it wasn't any worse.

There are several different types of sewer pipe liners now that do not require the pipe be dug up if the pipe is still in good condition. I had tree roots grow the pipe shut on one of my 2 septic tanks a few years back they got into the pipe where it meets the tank and grew into the pipe until it was about a 2 foot long ball of roots that no amount of industrial roto-rootering could penetrate, had to gig it out.

 

Just heard a story on the news saying thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers or septic pumpers due to sewer backups. Don't feel alone.

My gray water line is plugged up now, I blame you OP 

 

 

 

Jk  (My grey water line really is plugged though)

Alright, so I froze my rear off a while last night, taking a splitting maul to the ground. Didn't have a pick axe. Also built a fire over the ground to thaw it out. Finally got through the frozen ground and dug enough out to cement the line going in to the tank.

Didn't have a large amount of roots really. But obviously enough to cause problems. It appearsc that the installers for the tank had caulked the joint, but it was not enough since the roots penetrated.

Got it backfilled. Just need to make a riser for the tank now. Looking at real ones they're expensive. Thinking about using a poly barrel sealing it then weighing it down and pouring cement around it to grade. Once it stiffens up, pull the barrel and shape it for the lid to go back on. Need to find the second cover and find the leech field location.

Really sucks as I wanted to put a road in right where the septic is.

16 hours ago, hex0rz said:

Really sucks as I wanted to put a road in right where the septic is.

Like us we wanted a circle driveway but the septic tank are in the way now. Previously the original septic tank where in the driveway but 3.5 foot down. Now they off the edge of the driveway with risers and lids within 2 foot of the surface for digging up.