Sewers

Does a septic system need to get pumped out? What other types of sewer systems are there and which is best?

I recently bought a house with its own personal sewer system. My toilet started backing up and bubbling when I run water out of the tub. I now noticed...

Typically, I clean (snake) my sewer once a year. There are 3 of us living in the house. Does anyone have any alternative advice or suggestions of th...

how much would the tank of a sanitary sewer system cost if it holds 31,000 gallons? i mean septic, lol. yes eptic tank and made of concrete.

Seems most of the homes have the sewer system back up located in the home, is this normal?

I recently bought a house and it has an aerobic sewer system. I do not know anything about them. What regular maintence is required? When it goes off ...

I bought a house 7 months ago that contains terracotta sewer pipes. Recently I have been experiencing some backup due to the main sewer line being cl...

We had the misfortune of our sewer line disconnecting and causing a back-up into our basement. The disconnect is less than 2 feet below the surface a...

This weekend I have a backhoe guy coming and will run a a new sewer line from my house to the main sewer because the clay pipe has collapsed. iI only ...

I have a house that was built in the '60s and would like to have a new sewer line tied into the main for my washing machine. There is a cap on the ca...

My sewer line drains really slow but it does drain. The problem is when I do laundry and then have a huge influx of water when the washer drains. If ...

I have read information about rock salt helping to keep roots from growing in sewer sewer line, or copper sulfate which is also a salt. Would installi...

And how do you tell which one you've got? From what I have read, it seems like they are exactly the same thing. They both can pump clean water and w...

my sewer pump pushes the waste up from my basement to the sanitary sewer.when the wind is blowing from a certain direction, the house smells of sewer ...

There are no phone numbers or information on the alarm or the sewer pump, and I can't find any info online. Help!?! If I could get away with fixing th...

We have septic and are hooking up to the new sewer lines they are putting in. My question is who will be responsible if there is ever a problem with t...

Basement toilet fills with water but doesn't flush. Last flush caused a foul sewer smell under the stairs where the pump is. The alarm didn't go off...

My main sewerline is 5ft above ground and a 15ft sewer pipe going to it

I am not sure what it is but my bathroom smells like sewer gas, is this smell bad for us (and our children). What can we do to fix this horrible smell...

We have been having sewer gas come into the house . We do not have a basement but we have a building where a floor drain is connected to the house dr...

Massive amounts of electricity can be generated from sewer gas which is a byproduct of sewage treatment. The odd explosion and the dumping gas into th...

in my basement utility room i smell sewer gas (methane) only when cloths washer drains.. all traps have water in them and there are no open pipes anyw...

Our home (of 5years) is on septic and we've never had any trouble with back ups or had to have it pumped. In the last year, the master bath (remodeled...

I have lived in Toronto, Canada for most of my life, and I have gotten to the point where the sewer gas smells (particularly, near the humber treatmen...

We are having an argument that toilet paper is bad for the sewer lines. Do you know of any research on this topic?

Please answer. I read that it can in the shower so I was wondering if it could in the toilet

Please answer only if you know or sure.

Please answer. I heard it does something chemicaly I read that it can in the shower so I was wondering if it could in the toilet

I have purchased sulfuric acid clog remover. Before I use it i would like to know if it harms the drain pipes. Also if it works good on clogs.

Basement toilet fills with water but doesn't flush. Last flush caused a foul sewer smell under the stairs where the pump is. The alarm didn't go off...