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re: Does shite Dry Up in Pipes?
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:25 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:25 pm to deeprig9
Are you on septic or sewer? If the later could just be the stench of Spaulding Co?
Seriously though, if on septic I’d have a specialist come out and look. I think the solutions are much more straightforward if it’s a septic issue.
Seriously though, if on septic I’d have a specialist come out and look. I think the solutions are much more straightforward if it’s a septic issue.
This post was edited on 5/14/25 at 8:27 pm
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Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:37 pm to SM6
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Seriously though, if on septic I’d have a specialist come out and look. I think the solutions are much more straightforward if it’s a septic issue.
Septic. Had it dug up twice in 7 years. It's all good. Something in the piping.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:10 am to deeprig9
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Laundry, dishwasher, showers, sinks not backing up
And, you can clear the toilet block with plunging alone.
My non-plumber opinion is there is nothing wrong with the line to your septic. The problem is on the ground floor where the line from the 2nd floor ties in. I'm guessing that that connection is very close to the ground floor toilet. There is either a too narrow pipe or a bad junction.
When you are home the clog is there off and on but use of the 2nd floor toilet flushes it out often enough for it to go unnoticed. When you are away that line to the 2nd floor drains letting the poop + paper near the junction on the 1st floor compact. That clogs both toilets. Hopefully those junctions are accessible.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:17 am to MemphisGuy
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Define this for me.
Downward slope?
My brain can't comprehend how every house in every city has to have a downward sloped drain line that goes all the way to a waste water treatment plant miles and miles away.
How do municipal drain lines never have an upward slope anywhere along the lines?? The landscape of the area, hills and valleys... Every house would have to be positioned higher than the treatment facility for this to function properly..
Something I've never understood...
This post was edited on 5/15/25 at 9:21 am
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:27 am to i am dan
I'm sure they don't all slope to the waste water plant that is where lift stations come in to play.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:41 am to i am dan
It just has to make it from your house to to a manhole (city sewer main). From there the man holes drain into huge tanks with multiple big pumps that grind the waste and shoot it to another pumping station via force main on and on until it makes it to a treatment plant. Not a perfect system but the alternative is India.
This post was edited on 5/15/25 at 9:46 am
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:43 am to i am dan
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How do municipal drain lines never have an upward slope anywhere along the lines?? The landscape of the area, hills and valleys... Every house would have to be positioned higher than the treatment facility for this to function properly..
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