I have a septic tank every time I use the washer the toliets bubble and overflow what can I do

For immediate relief have your tank pumped.
While the septic people are out there have them check your drain field. It sounds like it's failed. Have you had a lot of rain lately? Good luck, Tom

As Tom writes, the water is not getting away fast enough, probably because the ground is already full of water. Dig a hole near the drain field to see how high the ground water is. The water should be at least 3 feet below the drain field pipes. If the water is above the drain field, you can stop washing and flushing the toilet, you can have the septic tank emptied, but beware!
If the ground is water logged, the septic once empty may rise up out of the ground, like a buoy... this will cost a lot to replace and reconnect. Not recommended!
 Or wait, for the dry weather.

Are you guys talking about concrete septic tanks? How would the concrete float? Im not real familiar with septics, other than in my area I know they are all concrete. Are there other options?

MGD,
Yes concrete can float, ever hear of Mulberry harbors, big concrete boxes used at Normandy?

Of course rlfried53's problem could simply be a blocked or partially blocked sewer line to the septic tank.

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how would the concrete float?

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Like a cement boat. After the war I sailed on a Liberty Ship that had a concrete hull. They had a nasty habit of splitting before they were removed from service.
That was in the 40's. In the 60's we installed a septic system in low ground next to a small river. This was on Friday night late when we got finished. It rained all weekend and the river flooded. That 1000 gallon tank came outts the ground like it was a submarine surfacing. After that we always filled the tank half way before we left the job/ Lesson learned! Regards, Tom

Does filling your bath tub and draining it also cause your toilet to over flow? We need to ask a few more questions before we send the OP toward a failed field.

Check that the flappers are working too...

LOL been doing this stuff for decades, mind telling me what a flapper is?

Thanks for sharing about the concrete guys. Very interesting, also would explain many broken pipes at entrance and exit of tank. I guess I always just remembered seeing in a movie where the mob would put a guys feet in wet cement, let it dry and dump him in the ocean. Wouldve been funny to see him float feet up instead of sinking, lol.

Bob, flapper makes me think toilet, hmm, maybe he meant baffle.

MGD, could be, I am thinking we have not really rules out a clogged or partially clogged drain to the main drain line. The toilet and washer could be off on their own trunk line. If the field is shot several fixtures should all be able to make this back up.

Bob makes a valid point. Let's check and see. Locate the sewer clean outside and open it up. Now flush a toilet. If it drains past the cleanout then tou have a partial blockage downstream from the toilet. If you see a back up in the clean out then you have septic problems.
Bob,
I think doibguy was referring to a toilet tank flapper that might be leaking. Cheers, Tom

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Originally Posted by hkstroud

MGD,
Yes concrete can float, ever hear of Mulberry harbors, big concrete boxes used at Normandy?

Of course rlfried53's problem could simply be a blocked or partially blocked sewer line to the septic tank.

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Harold,
Thanks for the picture, it's a long time since I saw one of those in Normandy.

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it's a long time since I saw one of those in Normandy.

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And it's been a long time since I I've sailed. After my Discharge from the Navy in WW2 I got seamans papers and sailed Atlantic Troop Transport out of the Brooklyn Army Base in the Neweburn Victory bringing you guts home from Europe. Even picked a load of British War Brides and brought them back to New York. ( That was a fun trip)
Regards and thanks, guys, for taking me down memory lane. Tom