For the past 3 months or so every time we flush the toilet it smells like sewage. It has only gotten worse and worse. It only seems to happen when we flush the toilet and will eventually go away... until we flush again. It stinks up the entire house now. We have tried to put stuff down the drain that is suppose to eat away the solids (like live bacterias), but that has not helped. When we purchased the home a year ago, they said they had the septic tank cleaned 6 years ago (7 years now). I have talked friends who have had some horror stories with paying a professional, so I am a little skeptical about paying someone to come in and look at it.

Any Ideas? Your help would be greatly appreciated! ;)

Hey jo,

Have you pulled the tank lid and smelled the water in the tank. If the water smells OK then you might have bacteria growing in the toilet. Try this, take a couple of gallons of bleach and tonight before bed time shut off the water to the toilet and drain and sponge out the tank. Now dip and sponge as much water out of the bowl as possible. Pour a gallon of bleach in the tank and wash down the sides and the underside of the tank lid. Now flush the bleach out and pour the other gallon into the tank and flush it down as well. Brush the sides of the bowl down. This should get any water left in the trap and bowl out leaving the bleach to work. LET IT SET OVERNIGHT! Next morning turn the water back on and flust the bleach out. Smell better now? Cheers, Tom