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well we took a hose up onto the roof last night and ran it down the vent. Although it didnt overflow suggesting that the pipe was blocked...we did notice that shortly after we finished we could smell septic outside, but not right by the tank, so we were hoping that meant the vent was clogged...

ok guys it still smells really bad....i thought that cleaning the drains made it a bit better. But it's not. I was woke up by the smell this morning from my boyfriend taking his morning shower. And we have a 1 1/2 story house! What should i check next? I know you guys suggested checking if...

another update...i bought one of those zip it things. But there was a problem. I couldnt get it to go down all the way because there must be a sharp angle in the pipe. I put it as far as i could get it though in both the bathtub and the kitchen sink. i did pull some stuff out, but not much...

ok here is the latest update, the snake i bought wont fit down the drain, lol. So i am going to get one of those zip its and try that. I did pull a small wad of hair out of the drain, and then ran the water for a while to see if that was enough to help, and the smell is back. It took about 30...

i did buy an auger/snake last night. I will try and get to the drains sometime today. I have tried to go into the crawlspace before, and i didn't get far. oh wow i just watched the video for the zipit, i almost wish i would have gotten that!! Oh well, lets see what happens with what...

i will check around the drains for that vent you showed me, but i dont think i have ever seen anything that looked like that before. Do I have to hire someone to come and see if it needs pumped or is there a way i can check myself? Where is this ejector pit? And I don't think i have a snake...

@Psycho99-I didn not put too much cleaner down, but I will remember that for the future. However, I must ask, even though the back of the bottle says it is safe on septic systems? We have never had the septic pumped because it is a brand new 1000 gallon system that was put in last year...

oh and i forgot to mention that it generally only take 30-60 mins give or take for the smell to go away completely. Or at least until we run another shower!

Ok so first of all let me say that i have been doing alot of reading...i hate being that person who posts something that has already been answered somewhere, but the thing is i have found some similar issues, but nothing that quite matches exactly, so i am unfortunatly going to have to risk...