Septic system froze up.Been working on it all day.

I'm worried about mine at the lake with no snow and all the freezing temps. Had it freeze up once before.

Same here with cold and little snow.Its no fun for sure

You mean the pipe or pipes froze, right. Apparently not buried deep enough? Next summer might need to run some heat tape.

That's bad

It always works good so long as nobody over does it with the toilet paper.The grandson uses to much toilet paper and gets the pipe plugged up.Then he tells no one so the water then gets backed up into the pipe where it then freezes over night.

That sucks Bruce, hope you can get it thawed out and working.

Keep a bucket with a lid set by the comode, tell the boy to put his paper in there. Burn it later. Did that for years at my trapping camps to eliminate that problem.

Just have your grandson flush every so many wipes.

Keith

And get your grandson highly involved with the repair job. Bet he won't do that again, Lol.

If toilet paper can make it through the toilet, how does it clog up in the pipe?

Where fittings are glued to the pipe
Don't you Canadians know anything

It usually starts at the baffle in the tank.
Charmen is the worst…..
Low flow toilets don’t help…

When we rake leaves in the Fall we pile them over the septic line and leave them until Spring. It insulates the line. Some years without much snow, like this year, we will get frost 4 feet down but haven't had a problem. Lots of people that don't do that wish they had.

I guess if the plumber didn’t do a clean job I could see that happening.

I went into my septic tank one day and tore the baffle off after a clog. Stood to the side while the waterfall erupted!

Excess paper goes in the garbage, not the heavy soiled stuff but everything else...

You guys are weird,,,,, my tank has an inspection post over the baffle with a riser and a cap.
I can pull the cap and push the clog through the baffle if needed.

I have had my tank pumped once in 40 years……

If he would only listen

Sounds like you're having a crappy day Bruce

Because its a big bunch of you know what and about 4 huge wads of toilet paper.He almost sets the rollar on fire he takes so much.