Has anyone experienced mushrooms growing in the discharge pipe from the
house to the septic tank - right at the outlet to the septic tank?
Or
Better yet - does anyone have any recommendations for eliminating the
mushrooms from the discharge pipe?
3 times since Christmas 2005 we have had our discharge pipe clogged up
at the outlet to the septic tank - stuffed with mushrooms.
We haved talked to people and get a quick simple suggestion: Chemicals
/ Rid-X ...
Because of the nature and location of the problem I am unsure either
will resolve our issue and I am very hessitant to use chemicals.
The mushrooms completely clog the end of the discharge pipe. If we
were to routinely (monthly) use treatment chemicals - they would simply
drain right down the discharge pipe and drop into the septic tank -
probably never touching 90% of the circumference of the pipe thus
non-effective as the mushrooms can clog the pipe in less than a month.
On each case we have had to snake our way out from the house to the
septic tank. Then once through we have wired up some coat hanger and
tied a rope to pull the end of the snake back and forth to try and
detach the mushrooms fromt he last foot or so of the discharge pipe.

We have had the house for 5 years and just had the holding tank pumped
in mid December. Oddly enough - that is when the problems began - but
I do think this is coincidental. We haved called the local septic
place - but they have never heard of such a problem (they can't say
that anymore).

Anyones suggestions are appreaciated.