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Septic System, burbling drains and backup

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9 years ago

The family vacation home burped this weekend. It gets weekend use in winter and once-a-month use in spring. Sunday as the dishwasher ran and a short shower was taken, the kitchen sink made burbling noises. After DW and shower were finished and the upstairs toilet flushed, the burbling continued and we discovered the downstairs tub (the low spot in house drains) had a couple inches of water. We plunged to no effect so got out the snake. After snaking all the cleanouts below the house, and snaking up the airvent, the water was still stuck in the drainage lines slowly draining to the septic tank (bath tub now empty). sink still burbling noise.

Septic was inspected 20 months ago and found to have good drainage field flow rate and was pumped shortly thereafter. Nominally it shouldn't need any attention for another 5 years or more.

So... do we snake again? Have someone power clear the lines ($200+)? What's our next investigative action?

No rain, no sprinklers flooding the tank, house is in dry drought-ridden CA.

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