We have recently noticed that after someone takes a shower that there is a puddle in our front yard. There is a pipe (?) coming up from the ground where the water originates from.
2006-11-27 09:20:42 · 6 answers · asked by Charlieonecat 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Your lines are clogged. You should have a clean-out up near the outside edge of the house. You just unscrewed the clean out and be ready to move in a hurry because lots of waste usually comes out real fast. After it quites flowing, you use a snake or garden hose or anything you have thats long and skinny and run through the pipe over and over. Sometimes it works better if you have the water running with a nozzle making it spray real hard. That helps push things along. If your lines appear not to be clogge, the problem could be with the city or county lines causing your to back up. In our area we must have a statement form a plumber stating it's the city's problem not the homeowner before the city will come out.
2006-11-27 09:27:17 · answer #1 · answered by Desperate fish owner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This could mean a lot of things so, don't be to quick to "call someone" you could be the one in trouble"
If your on a septic system then you could be the one that's the problem. If you just moved there and your in the Country you could have a septic system. Check with your neighbors and see. Call the County. You may simply have to get it pumped. On the other hand, you may not want to know.
If your drain field isn't accepting the liquids from the septic system anymore due to a saturated drain field, saturated ground water you may have to have that replaced, the worst scenario, ($7 to 18 K dollars) pumping about $80.00 you better hope and pray. I'll pray for you too. Call tomorrow
2006-11-27 09:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The exact same thing happened to my mother at her house. Her b/f snaked it and it helped for a while then it started to happen again. Pretty soon there was a small lake of smelly sewage in her back yard. They finally had to have a work crew with a bull dozer come into the back yard and dig up all the plumbing. They had to replace all the sewage pipes.Hope a simple run of a snake will be all you need cause replacing sewage pipes is not very cheap. Good luck.
2006-11-27 09:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to see it to be sure, I don't think that backfilling with soil is the answer. Try a french drain. Dig at 12" wide ditch across the front of the house toward an area that drains well (you may need to go around the side of the house to a lower area) about 18" deep. Put a 2" layer of gravel, then install a black perforated drain line with a "sock" on it. The sock is a cloth material that keeps dirt from clogging the perforations. Cover the drain line with gravel, and backfill the last 4-6 inches with soil. This will divert the majority of the water, and should help keep the basement dry.
2016-05-23 15:15:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are on a septic system, you have to pump the tank.
If you connect to a sewer, you have a clogged line and have to snake it.
2006-11-27 09:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by daedgewood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is from your leach lines that extend from your septic tank.
Your septic tank is full.
2006-11-27 09:29:11 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋