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jeffngetty
May 17, 2011, 02:41 PM
I read about flushing the toilet and the bathtub gruggles, and this is what mine is doing except I have a spetic tank. I had the sweage comp out in nov and they pumped it out, when it started making this noise again I called the owenr he came out and looked and said the 1000 gal tank is at noraml level, why would it be gruggling?

Kyle_in_rure
May 17, 2011, 03:34 PM
Are you using any sort of "enzyme" in your tank like rid-x? We used that a few years ago and ended up with sewage backup in the house... Does it gurgle more when it rains? Does it gurgle before a backup? If it's just a little gurgling noise every now and again, I wouldn't give it too much worry.

jeffngetty
May 17, 2011, 03:40 PM
Are you using any sort of "enzyme" in your tank like rid-x? We used that a few years ago and ended up with sewage backup in the house....Does it gurgle more when it rains? Does it gurgle before a backup? If it's just a little gurgling noise every now and again, I wouldn't give it to much worry.

I had not used rid ex in a long time the septic owner does not really care for it, told me we could use it. It has rained a lot, 8 inches above normal this year. It has gurgled in the past before a back up which made me call, I
Checked the clean area today and it was free of back up.

ballengerb1
May 17, 2011, 03:55 PM
The gurgle is your tub trying to act like a vent stack since I think your stack is clogged