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We got the tank pumped, and I flushed the toilet-- and it drained very, very slowly. Nopw we had the cap off, and the inlet was, well, not dribbling, but the flow was fairly flow-- I'd say it took about 3 minutes to stop dropping water into the tank after teh flush concluded (I turned off...

stuck valve on a toilet might explain that. I was gone on business right after the pumping and didn't notice it, but a toilet tank dumping for 48 hours would explain that. Granted, if that IS the case, it may mean that the problem will eventually rectify itself now that I've fixed the...

That was part ofthe problem I think-- I replaced the fill valves however, so that's over. Also, the sytem isn't fed from the showers/sinks-- our area permits the discharge of gray water as non-potable irrigation, so that goes into the backyard to water the trees, not into the tank, so the total...

Okay, we have slow draining toilets that recently pretty much stopped draining fast enough to get rid of solid waste. So, we had the septic tank pumped (I inherited the house from dad after I came in to take care of mom before she died (dementia and stroke-- never a good combo). So, it turns...