Feces!
 

For some reason related to my mental illness I waited a day or two too long to call the septic company to pump our tank. I called on a Friday and they came by today. Tank is empty but all the drains are impacted with heaps o' natural goodness.

I have a date with a drain snake tonight.

The fun never stops.

That's not nice. They just don't make 'em like they used to! In my last place we had an old Victorian brick-built septic tank. A massive affair consisting of two chambers, totalling about 25 feet long by 10 feet wide. According to some papers that were included with the title deeds to the house, a series of pipes led from it with herring-bone branches spreading from the main pipes to take and distribute the 'treated' liquid waste under adjoining fields.A sludge pump-out was only required every 2 - 3 years - an amazing piece of Victorian engineering, very flexible. We never had any problems with our one. Our neighbours had a blockage one year with theirs as a result of tree roots invading the pipework, but that was all. Sorry to hear you've had such bad luck with yours. Hope the snake does the job.

Call 1-800-shitmen!

The shitmen are always on the job!

gong farmer

We have never had our septic tank cleaned out. I have always been under the impression that it's actually bad for them. Are you sure yours isnt bio cycle rather than septic foot?

I was going to reply 'no shit' but that would be a severe misrepresentation of the reality!

Haha...there's plenty of shit in there. Seriously though, we dont clean them out over here. I shit you not.

I got curious, so:

http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-i...k-cleaning.htm

People are strange
When you're a stranger
Feces look ugly
When you're alone
Women seem wicked
When you're unwanted
Streets are uneven
When you're down


When you're strange
Feces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange

*snort*

Are you sure it's not shinola in there? I'm told they are very similar.

:D

I can't tell.

Let me know if you need help identifying your elbow again.

:D

I wonder if septic systems are different in Aus than in the US, or other places. Clearly that video says it's common practice to get them sucked out, but everyone here has a fit if you even suggest the idea.

Oh well. We've been here for over 6 yrs and never done anything and not even a sign of any problems. It's been looked at once or twice for other reasons, and had the all clear. Talk about stinky though. Bleurgh!