I own a 2 year old home in the country with a septic system. I have an upstairs and a downstairs toilet. Both toilets have independent pipes up until they combine and exit the house towards the septic. The length of pipe that they share within the house is ~1m. These two toilets always evacuated normally, you would give a quick flick of the handle and away they go. Recently both toilets have not been evacuating normally, they both will not flush completely unless you hold the handle down for considerably longer. This has been going on for a couple weeks. Last night I snaked the downstairs washroom, I can snake almost the entire length of the piping for that toilet, and there was nothing along the piping that I snaked. The only area that I can't snake is where the piping for the upstairs and downstairs toilets meet, elbow and join the larger pipe that runs out to the septic. I am able to open up the length of pipe to the septic, I had a look down the 20 feet of it, I didn't see any blocks, it was clear and free, and to make sure I sent the snake down there as well. I then took a plunger and plunged the downstairs toilet, I would let some water in, start plunging and the water would evacuate, then I would add some more water, start plunging and the water would leave. The toilets don't behave like they are blocked (also what is the likelihood that both would block at the same time when they don't share very much piping). The shower and sinks drain normally. I read somewhere about a 'vent' for the toilet, and I wasn't sure if that had anything to do with what is going on.
It is winter here, and there has been some melting plus a lot of rain last week. I really don't know what to do to fix my problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Wayne
It is winter here, and there has been some melting plus a lot of rain last week. I really don't know what to do to fix my problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Wayne