Yuck - just discovered our Sewerage has backed up and flowed out down the side of the house!
ARGH what can I do (besides call a plumber ASAP in the morning)?
Have put containers in all the sinks so no-one can run any more water down the drains and stuck a note over the dunny button so no-one flushes. Gross! I suddenly feel like I'm living back in the third world.
Oh hun, yucko, I don't think there is much you can do, this happened to us last year very smelly. Hope you get onto a plumber in the morning and maybe a peg on your nose.
*SPEW*! Do you know if you have a grease trap attached to the plumbing at all? It will be outside, possibly near the kitchen or laundry and will be a covered cement box looking thing LOL. If you do, it may need cleaning out. We had one on a house we lived in and it needed cleaning out from time to time otherwise it would block up and cause backflow.
Is it definitely a backup at your end, or could it be coming from the main sewer in the street? If it is coming from the street call your local water board.
Astrid that's what I've been wondering...it's definitely not in the house (there's no backup in our drains, if that makes sense) but how do you tell if the sewer's blocked on our land or council's land?
ETA it has been raining a lot here today but we've also put a lot of water thru the drains as well so I don't know if it's us or them.
Trill, the covered cement box thing is where it has all backflowed from - but TMI it's definitely toilet sewerage that's come out (*gag*) so I don't see how it could be a grease thing? Not sure I want DH opening the cement thing anyway...(*erh*)
No it's called a grease trap but in some houses it can have everything going through it depending on the plumbing set up. Or are you on a septic tank system? If it is a septic tank, you will need a Kenny to come and pump it out.
Ok, just asked DH as he works for a water board Call the water board first, they will come and jet the lines. If that clears the problem, then you are fine. If it does not, then you need to call in your own plumber. Rain technically should have no affect on the sewer, as rain water goes into the storm water lines.
No we specifically bought at property on sewerage although there are areas in our burb built at the same time that are all on septic, the kenny trucks go through regularly and pump whole streets at a time.
Just rang the water board people & they are sending someone out (no cost) to inspect & determine if it's our problem or theirs ...*sigh* another late night & just what I need after 5 nights of having DD up half the night & need to go to drs tomoz & waiting for plumber is just what is needed NOT! Not to mention $$$. I think **** is the appropriate swear word here
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GROSS!!! Sewerage disaster! (TMI)
Call the water board first, they will come and jet the lines. If that clears the problem, then you are fine. If it does not, then you need to call in your own plumber. Rain technically should have no affect on the sewer, as rain water goes into the storm water lines.
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