Plumbing Stinks

Last night we had the worst storm.  The wind tore one of our shutters right in half and off the house and it's missing.  Also, we got 2 to 3 inches of rain in a short time and water was coming in our basement.

We smelled something bad earlier in the evening, but didn't think much of it until the morning.  It was coming from the basement.  We think that the water table is so high that the septic drainage fields may be saturated and the water was coming up through the basement drain in the floor. 

While investigating our septic setup, we found that our pump was bad, the electrical box was corroded and needed replace and that the water was not being pumped to the drainage fields at all.

So we headed to our local home improvement store, and $350.00 later, we think we have mostly solved the problem.  Stinky as it was, I am glad that we were able to finish.  Our septic company owner told us that if we would have had it done professionally, it would have cost over $1600.00.  So glad we did it ourselves.

Squeezing our wallet closed!
Peace and love.  Until tomorrow...