Jen and Nick and probably Maddie too, noticed that the toilet in the basement was slow to flush and there had been some water coming up from the drain in the basement. I might have noticed that the alarm light on the septic had been on for some time as well, but busy you know...
Anyway, went and out and found this when I took the cover off.
So that ain't right... Made some calls Thursday, and Friday morning Mike's Septic called me back and said they could have someone out in the evening. Of course it was my work golf outing, but I said I could be there. Maddie had to take a driveway shower, but luckily we have hot/cold water at the faucet in the garage.
Fortunately, they didn't arrive till 5pm, which worked well for my schedule. Matt and Matt were very nice and were able to replace the pump and also fix a baffle on the outlet of the first tank. Or course they charged me an arm and a leg for it. Especially $500 to replace the baffle which was less than 5 minutes of work. But no one wants to jump into a septic tank, I get it.
I talked with an older septic guy, who couldn't come out, Thursday night and he helped me verify the problem was with the pump and not the switch. There is a plug on the back of the switch plug, if you plug that directly in it will run the pump and take the switch out the equation. Unfortunately, the pump was triggering the breaker each time I plugged it in.
Good times...
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