So now my least favorite plugged line story. A tenant complained of a plugged sewer line and insisted it was the trailercourt lines and not hers. My first questions always had to do with what was flushed down the toilet, such as diapers, women's sanitary thingys, etc. She said she has never flushed anything like that. So I low crawl under her trailer over to where her sewer line plugs into the ground connector. I nudged the line and it popped off. Out came gallons of raw sewage including several of her bloody white mice and brown trout, of which were laying next to my face. I was in a puddle of sewer soup on my belly and simply could not get away fast enough. Talk about stink, talk about being pissed off.
reminds me of my younger/NIAVE yrs.
I rented a small house with a full basement.
one weekend we had a cpl stay for the weekend.
in the morning we all did breakfast, showers, bathroom visits and dishes.
after the dishes I noticed the sink wasnt draining.
it was a cold weekend so I called the landlord and asked if the septic tank mite be full.
he siad "go down the basement and 'slightly' unscrew the big valve on the outflow pipe.
Apparently I missed the word 'slightly'
I unscrewed it all the way..
lord almighty.
all the shyt and dishwater etc came flying outta that pipe.
as I was trying desperatly to screw it back in.
I was covered, head to toe.
not to mention the antique dining room set I had stored down there.
the wimminz had gone to town, and when they came back and took 1 look at me.
they all started laughing.
I was not amused.
the landlord came over and uncovered the lid to the septic.
he took 1 look and said "you cant put full dill pickles down the toilet"
I had flushed a jar of them and they stuck rite at the lip of the outlet to the tank.
cold weather froze them there.
when you mentioned drips freezing 1 ata time,
I have a house on stilts also.
my kitchen sink pipe just goes to a buried barrel
it always froze in really cold weather.
I had the habit of bringing in the chickens frozen water dish
and letting it thaw in the sink.
the ice thawed slowly, and the drips would go down the pipe and, as you pointed out, freeze.
now any time I put a little water down the drain,
I follow it with a cup or 2 of hot water.