Here we explain how to determine if a blocked or slow drain is due to a problem inside the building or outside in a sewer line or failing septic system.
Septic tank backing up into bathtub.
The reason why water is backing up in the tub when you flush your toilet is simple.
This is a common cause for water to back up when you try to use your drains.
Cleaning out the drain or applying a natural drain cleaner can help.
Caused by drain blockage versus caused by septic system failure.
If you don t have a basement septic backups are usually first seen in the bathtub closest to the septic tank.
Don t use antibacterial soaps and cleaners that drain to the tank.
Make sure your septic tank is always biologically active.
Clogged baffle or pipe.
Septic tank backup prevention.
If is slow draining then your septic system is backed up.
The most important step you can take is to prevent a septic tank backup in the first place.
This is because it s the first available area for water to backflow into.
Unfortunately and depending on which drain or section of piping in the house has become clogged backups into the bathtub could result.
Now that that s out of the way the more important issue is what to do about it and that might depend on whether your waste pipes empty into a municipal sewage system or into a septic system.
Instead it flows back up the pipes and comes out at the lowest point usually the shower drain.
In many cases hair clogs the tub s drain which in turn causes water to back up.
When you run water in the bathroom sink the toilet bubbles and gurgles.
Blocked drain or drain backup diagnosis.
If a blockage in the main sewer line is the cause of water backing up into the bathtub or other related plumbing issues or even if you simply suspect it might be the cause the best thing you can do is to call a reputable plumber to come to assess the problem as soon as possible.
Inside the house while slow drains or black smelly waste water backing up in the bathtub and toilets are obvious signs of plumbing problems it isn t always a simple clog.
When you have a clog in the main drain line leaving the house no amount of plunging your drain or liquid clog dissolver is going to clear the blockage.
If a clog occurs in one of the pipes leading into or out of your septic tank the whole system will stop moving and the wastewater will have nowhere to go.
When you flush the toilet water backs up into or comes up in the tub or shower.
You should run some water into the tub or sink that is situated in the lowest part of your house and monitor the drain rate.
When a building drain or main sewer line is clogged or slow or when there is a septic system backup it s important to determine where.
The sewer line is blocked.
Never put garbage or any foreign objects into the system.
