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    Feb 27, 2011, 02:08 PM
    What would cause a toilet to backup in the shower?
    My mother in law has a septic tank and her toilet backs up into the shower? What can cause this? She was supposed to have had the septic tank replaced lasty spring.
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    Feb 27, 2011, 02:20 PM

    A blockage anywhere in the sewer line between the toilet and the septic tank.
    Why would she replace a septic tank unless someone drove a truck into it? Replace distribution lines maybe but why tank?
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    Feb 27, 2011, 04:10 PM

    Wondergirl
    and I'm just a dumb girl.
    A girl... I'll buy that.

    Dumb... no way under the stars.
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    Feb 27, 2011, 07:07 PM
    It sounds like your mainline is blocked. So when toilet is flushed it comes out of lowest drain.
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    Feb 27, 2011, 07:09 PM
    And by the way, septic might be full.
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