We have lived in our house going on 9 years, started to have some issues with slow drains, and decided to have the tank pumped hoping that would be the cure. We hired someone to come out and clean the tank, which fixed the issue for about two weeks and then while in the shower one day my wife called out and said the water was not going down. We were also washing a load of clothes, so I cut that off, again hoping that everything was OK. The water did not go down and in fact started to seep out from around the toilets. I called a different septic tank service and described the problem. They commented that since we had just had our tank pumped that the problem could be in the field line and that they would bring their jetter out to see if lines needed cleaned out. Once here they called and asked me to come look inside the tank. The tank was full of sludge, "gunk" and it looked like a cotton bail had broke apart in places. They stated that they felt the first guy did not pump the tank entirely, just the water out of it. They had to get a shovel and break up some of the sludge so that their line could suck it into their tanker. I then called the first guy and was feed a line about a sidewalk that we had built across the area where the line exits the tank was causing the problem. I then filed a complaint with the state, due to his attitude and behavior. In his response he claims, "I emptied the tank of 1,000 gallons, plus an additional 1,000 gallons that returned to the tank from over loaded field lines."
My question is, his explanation possible and if so should it fill back up with so much compacted "sh*t" that it had to be busted apart two weeks later?
My question is, his explanation possible and if so should it fill back up with so much compacted "sh*t" that it had to be busted apart two weeks later?