Hi,
I have an issue with my sewer and would really welcome any feedback.
For a few years now, I have had a sewer blockage issue. The pattern over the last couple of years is the sewer works fine, I leave the house for business/vacation for 10+ days and I return home and within a day the sewer is backing up into my basement. Then I would use a hose and bladder to blow the sewer open and everything would be fine until the next time I left for 10+ days - could be weeks or months in between with no issues, but once I left home again, the issue would return.
This past summer, it started plugging up regularly even when I wasn't leaving town - every week or two. I called a plumber who came highly recommended who augered the line. He thought the problem must have been roots and he applied 4lb of root x and advised me to annually put in 4lbs of root X every fall (which I did at the end of October). After he augered the line, I left home for business a few times and didn't come home to a plugged sewer. I thought - "great everything is fixed".
I just got back from a month away yesterday and today the sewer is blocked - same pattern. I called the plumber and he is coming out to auger again. I told him that the pattern has repeated and he said he was stumped by that.
So - any ideas why a sewer drain would have a pattern of plugging after being away for 10+ days? What problems with my sewer line would this point to? HELP!
Thanks for any help!
I have an issue with my sewer and would really welcome any feedback.
For a few years now, I have had a sewer blockage issue. The pattern over the last couple of years is the sewer works fine, I leave the house for business/vacation for 10+ days and I return home and within a day the sewer is backing up into my basement. Then I would use a hose and bladder to blow the sewer open and everything would be fine until the next time I left for 10+ days - could be weeks or months in between with no issues, but once I left home again, the issue would return.
This past summer, it started plugging up regularly even when I wasn't leaving town - every week or two. I called a plumber who came highly recommended who augered the line. He thought the problem must have been roots and he applied 4lb of root x and advised me to annually put in 4lbs of root X every fall (which I did at the end of October). After he augered the line, I left home for business a few times and didn't come home to a plugged sewer. I thought - "great everything is fixed".
I just got back from a month away yesterday and today the sewer is blocked - same pattern. I called the plumber and he is coming out to auger again. I told him that the pattern has repeated and he said he was stumped by that.
So - any ideas why a sewer drain would have a pattern of plugging after being away for 10+ days? What problems with my sewer line would this point to? HELP!
Thanks for any help!