I've had problems for years with sluggish drains, and last year the sinks started gurgling every time I did a load of laundry. And for the past several months, whenever I did laundry, the wash water would back up into the bathtub. Recently, I made the horrifying discovery that in addition to flooding the bathtub, wash water has somehow been getting under the bathroom linoleum and saturating the subfloor. So in addition to replacing my drain field, I'll also have to tear up the bathroom floor and replace it.
Of course, first I rented a snake and tried to snake out the pipes. That didn't work, so I hired a plumber. $300 later, he said it wasn't a plumbing problem. Next came the septic people, who pumped out my septic tank. (Another $300.) They inspected the tank and said that wasn't the problem, either. The next day, the septic people came out with their camera that can be inserterted down your pipes. (More money!) That's when they discovered the problem with my drain field. And that's when I discovered it will cost $7,000 - $10,000 for a new drain field. Possibly even more.
Let me just say one word: "Ugh."
Like, double ugh.
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