We have battled sewer issues every since we had our tank worked on back in Georgia. And let me tell you ... not having a bathroom, especially when it's cold and dark outside and a walk to the outhouse ... is not a thrill. Well, today is the day it all hit the fan. Randy finally got tired of having to backflush the tank to try to get it open enough to at least get liquids to drain. Generally this would have to be done when it was cold and yucky outside ... but today has turned in to a beautiful, sunny day. Thus with the whole family assisting we added Sewer 101 to our class agenda today. What you can't do with a little determination, a Dewalt sawsall and a 3" Fernco coupling!
Needless to say, the culprit was the round plastic piece that was created when the manufacture drilled the hole into the black tank to hook it up where they proceeded to leave the piece inside the tank. You'd think as much problems as this can cause they would drill a mid-size hole then a second hole the size of the pipe to prevent this from being able to block the opening when they are leaving it in the tank. Ours is not the first story of such and I'm sure not the last. But hopefully the last time for us!
Wish all of life's stinky issues were this easy to solve.
We have battled sewer issues every since we had our tank worked on back in Georgia. And let me tell you ... not having a bathroom, especially when it's cold and dark outside and a walk to the outhouse ... is not a thrill. Well, today is the day it all hit the fan. Randy finally got tired of having to backflush the tank to try to get it open enough to at least get liquids to drain. Generally this would have to be done when it was cold and yucky outside ... but today has turned in to a beautiful, sunny day. Thus with the whole family assisting we added Sewer 101 to our class agenda today. What you can't do with a little determination, a Dewalt sawsall and a 3" Fernco coupling!
Needless to say, the culprit was the round plastic piece that was created when the manufacture drilled the hole into the black tank to hook it up where they proceeded to leave the piece inside the tank. You'd think as much problems as this can cause they would drill a mid-size hole then a second hole the size of the pipe to prevent this from being able to block the opening when they are leaving it in the tank. Ours is not the first story of such and I'm sure not the last. But hopefully the last time for us!
Wish all of life's stinky issues were this easy to solve.
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