My septic is higher up than the house, so we have a sewage extractor system. I recently sealed it, and I noticed it doing something funny: Water has started seeping out from the vent collar on the basin lid.
This doesn't happen continuously as if the pump was not working and the basin was overflowing. It only happens when the pump turns on, and only after the pump has been running for a little while. Since I took the lid off and put it back, we've taken several showers, flushed the toilet several times, etc. The pump has turned on several times, and the basin is not continuously overflowing; just that little bit (like a cup of water) seeps out.
I sealed it with some waterproof silicone and it seems to have stopped, but I'm worried that there is something more serious wrong with the system. Do these systems kick up a lot of water? Maybe the pump is just propped up at an angle, and it is throwing water up at the lid when it kicks on? Is there any reason why water would go up the vent a short ways?
This doesn't happen continuously as if the pump was not working and the basin was overflowing. It only happens when the pump turns on, and only after the pump has been running for a little while. Since I took the lid off and put it back, we've taken several showers, flushed the toilet several times, etc. The pump has turned on several times, and the basin is not continuously overflowing; just that little bit (like a cup of water) seeps out.
I sealed it with some waterproof silicone and it seems to have stopped, but I'm worried that there is something more serious wrong with the system. Do these systems kick up a lot of water? Maybe the pump is just propped up at an angle, and it is throwing water up at the lid when it kicks on? Is there any reason why water would go up the vent a short ways?