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Originally Posted by jewels
Wow, thanks for all the info!
As I said, the light went out on its own last night. The system has always seemed to be working just fine. And yes, I can clearly see where the tank is. When we moved in, the area was brown but now it's become more green the longer we've been here (just over two months now).
Jazz, the system is over a year old but hadn't been used. The completed house was vacant/unsold for nearly a year. The builder sold me the property "as is" but has been great in helping me out and coming over to help me out. They also gave me a "2/10" warranty at closing, but of course flood damage isn't covered.
I think I'm okay, but I will definitely have it checked at once I have a month's income in my bank account. The company did have someone check it just last month, so the alarm trip had to be due to the flooding.
And I just put this stuff in last week as a preventive measure:
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I never heard of CLR septic Tx. But I use their regular CLR stuff down here for all kinds of stuff and it works good. If you like it keep using it. If it comes with a guaranty that they'll pump your system if you ever need, save your receipts and keep a journal of when and how much you add. Also find out the size of the tank. The label states that's good for a 1500 gal. system. I would imagine that's fine for a standard single family system. But if you bought Trumps PB house (or something like it) your system might be larger then 1500 gal.
If the system is that new I'd bet your tank is filled with 95% water. Once the water table returns to normal, or even near normal your system will work fine. You only need to have your system pumped if it's full of sludge. Or of course some foreign material. So I guess it's possible during the flooding the drain field could have collapsed or allowed soil to block the outlet. If that happened then you're going to need to get someone out to repair the system. Unless of course you'd like to dig down and unblock the outlet. I'd pass and let a professional deal with the shit, literally. If the outlet is blocked and they unblock it then offer to pump the tank I'd pass. 99% sure it's full of water and once the system begins flowing normally again that water will not be an issue.