plumbing
I have a home with 2 toilets on a septic system. It has been raining for 2 weeks or more. Neither toilet will flush. They just fill to the top of the bowl and take all day to drain. The first thing that happened before this problem was when in the shower the toilets had a lot of air bubble up and then the tube was draining slowly also.
Some people said to wait 2-3 days after the rain stops and the water that soaked into the septic would drain out and every thing would be ok.
I stay away from chemical solutions all together.
I have had reasonably good luck with using a drain snare to snag most of the hair in my tub drain. Every few months, I will shoot one down the drain if I see it getting a little slow. This will normally clear things up without any further intervention.
When that fails, I usually move towards using a hand crank drain auger. This will allow you to get further down and (usually) past the trap.
If that fails, then there is something more serious going on, and pouring a bunch of caustic chemicals down the drain isn't going to help the situation (especially if you need to eventually open up the pipe to inspect further).
Actually, that's how a toilet is supposed to work.
You can simulate a flush simply by dropping a couple gallons of water in right away.
The spray paint fill is the natural water level. Flushing occurs by suddenly dumping excess water in the bowl. This raises the water level at the back, an a siphon effect comes into play with pulls the remaining water out of the bowl, giving the typical whirlpool effect.
If you're not getting the whirlpool, and a clearing flush, there are two possible scenarios.
But timing isn't an issue.
Best Answer
Your drain field is saturated. You need a new drain field. The drain field gets plugged with lint and fibers. It is too slow to handle the drainage from your house when the ground is wet. Talk to a qualified backhoe operator. He should be able to help you.