First let me state that the issue I'm about to describe has happened twice in the past 3 months.
We built the house that this issue is happening in a little over nine years ago. About a year ago we started noticing issues with our plumbing, an occasional smell coming from the sink, slow toilet drains, etc. This continued for a few days until we noticed the toilet did not flush, which led to nothing going the drains. Instead of calling a plumber I called the septic tank cleaning service and had them pump the the tank, hoping that was the issue. Once the tank was empty they had me go inside and flush the toilet. Nothing came out and they found a large wad of paper/"junk" right at the bend of the main line that drops into the line. They removed the blockage and everything worked fine for about a year.
Three months ago we started notice some of the same signs and then the blockage of nothing emptying from main line a few days later. We have two clean outs, one just outside our main bathroom that is within 10 feet of the septic tank, and another at the opposite end of the house, outside the second bathroom. The one beside the main bathroom is inside the garage, so I was told to open the furtherest one (outside) and emptying the line and allowing "simple" usage until someone could come with a hydro jetter. Living in the country does have some advantages.
Two days later they arrived, jetted the line and stated that they noticed a large amount of paper exit when jetting the line, with no real explanation for the clog other than the possible amount of paper usage.
Three days my wife got out of the shower, while the washing machine was going, and flushed the toilet to dispose of tissue from blowing her nose. She brought it to my attention that the bowl did not empty so we immediately stopped the washing machine, as it was starting to drain. Upon stopping it we heard the kitchen sink burp and the toilet empty. I flushed the main toilet and it was slow to drain. I then flushed the second toilet and it did not empty. Went back the the other bathroom and noticed water sweeping from the base of the toilet. I opened the same clean out and waited for the same jetting service to come. This time they jetted the clean out in the garage and stated that they really could not state that they were able to observe a strong presence of blockage, due to resistance in the jetting line. Closed the clean out cap, flushed the toilets, ran some water and everything seems to be working fine for now.
The gentlemen that owes the jetter states that he believes our problem could be due to one of two issues. 1.) a problem with the venting two the main bathroom, causing clogs to happen in the line due to slow drainage. or 2.) we do use the guest bathroom a lot as it is closer to the main living area. He said it could be a possibility that the amount of paper being used, along with the distance and low flow of water being pushed down the line towards the tank could allow the paper to not exit the line and build up over time, eventually causing the blockage. The only time water is used in that bathroom is when something is flushed. No showers or barely any usage happens in the bathroom.
He suggested that we might want to look into adding a vent to the clean out in the main bathroom and look into getting a high capacity, powerful flush toilet to add in the break down of paper and pushing it down the line.
I'm looking for suggestions and advice. Any given will be greatly appreciated.
We built the house that this issue is happening in a little over nine years ago. About a year ago we started noticing issues with our plumbing, an occasional smell coming from the sink, slow toilet drains, etc. This continued for a few days until we noticed the toilet did not flush, which led to nothing going the drains. Instead of calling a plumber I called the septic tank cleaning service and had them pump the the tank, hoping that was the issue. Once the tank was empty they had me go inside and flush the toilet. Nothing came out and they found a large wad of paper/"junk" right at the bend of the main line that drops into the line. They removed the blockage and everything worked fine for about a year.
Three months ago we started notice some of the same signs and then the blockage of nothing emptying from main line a few days later. We have two clean outs, one just outside our main bathroom that is within 10 feet of the septic tank, and another at the opposite end of the house, outside the second bathroom. The one beside the main bathroom is inside the garage, so I was told to open the furtherest one (outside) and emptying the line and allowing "simple" usage until someone could come with a hydro jetter. Living in the country does have some advantages.
Two days later they arrived, jetted the line and stated that they noticed a large amount of paper exit when jetting the line, with no real explanation for the clog other than the possible amount of paper usage.
Three days my wife got out of the shower, while the washing machine was going, and flushed the toilet to dispose of tissue from blowing her nose. She brought it to my attention that the bowl did not empty so we immediately stopped the washing machine, as it was starting to drain. Upon stopping it we heard the kitchen sink burp and the toilet empty. I flushed the main toilet and it was slow to drain. I then flushed the second toilet and it did not empty. Went back the the other bathroom and noticed water sweeping from the base of the toilet. I opened the same clean out and waited for the same jetting service to come. This time they jetted the clean out in the garage and stated that they really could not state that they were able to observe a strong presence of blockage, due to resistance in the jetting line. Closed the clean out cap, flushed the toilets, ran some water and everything seems to be working fine for now.
The gentlemen that owes the jetter states that he believes our problem could be due to one of two issues. 1.) a problem with the venting two the main bathroom, causing clogs to happen in the line due to slow drainage. or 2.) we do use the guest bathroom a lot as it is closer to the main living area. He said it could be a possibility that the amount of paper being used, along with the distance and low flow of water being pushed down the line towards the tank could allow the paper to not exit the line and build up over time, eventually causing the blockage. The only time water is used in that bathroom is when something is flushed. No showers or barely any usage happens in the bathroom.
He suggested that we might want to look into adding a vent to the clean out in the main bathroom and look into getting a high capacity, powerful flush toilet to add in the break down of paper and pushing it down the line.
I'm looking for suggestions and advice. Any given will be greatly appreciated.