Posted: 12/27/2016 7:16:49 PM EDT
| Thanks in advance for any info provided...a little background...my home was built in 2006 during the boom so any tradesman,or anyone who claimed to be a tradesman had a job. The plumbers did my slab running to the back of the house the only problem is the septic tank is in the front so long story short a 4" pipe is running around my house with a lift station that the builder promised would be warrantied as long as I own the home. 10 short years later im having back up issues, I have pulled what appears to be blobs of grease out of my cleanout and problems go away for a while then out of no where my toilet starts to gurgle anouncing an impending back up. This appears to just be a clog issue but how do i know the lift station is functioning correctly i pull the plug out of the piggy back cord and straight plug it into the outlet and it seems to ramp up and fluid starts to move as expected the only above ground parts are a vent and 2 cords. Basically my system is an aquaclear aerated one that requires a maint agreement however that company only pumps and changes a filter on the aerator and says I need a plumber. The tank was pumped out 4 months ago when the first problem occurred and they said that it did not need pumped but i made them do it anyway just in case. So basically my question or at least 1 of them is where do i start? A roto rooter type company, or a plumber or go right to the builder and claim warranty? |
|
Quoted:
the main clog is where the pipe first exits from under the slab well before the lift station That section should have been snaked when the station was pumped and then washed with a large volume of water. There should be a cleanout tee within 5ft of the foundation, do you have one? |
|
How low flow toilets do you have? I had a plumber tell me that the lowest flow toilets are causing some problems because they don't flush enough water to wash the solids down the pipe.
Maybe clean it out and then flush LOTS of water through your system. Then get in the habit of flushing the toilets a couple times for every use. Might not help but shouldn't hurt. |
|
There could be a dip and then a rise in the building drain or sewer line. If that's the case then the solids could collect in the low spot and eventually clog.
I would have someone snake in both directions and then put a large volume of water through the line. If you see solids and paper passing at the cleanout tee the pipe probably has a low section. |