I unplugged my water softener while I was working on my plumbing and turned the water to the house off. Now that the water is turned back on, my water softener drained. Then, it kept draining. It seems even when we are not using water, our pump turns on, water goes to the softener, and the softener ...

Just wanted to say thanks to all the responses. I ended up having to completely dissassemble my drain, bring it into my sunroom, thaw the pipes there, then crawl back under and put it back together. Anyway, works fine now. Just working on putting in more insulation and pipe wrap. Thanks again!

Greg S... I really dont understand plumbing well. How does a leaking tap cause a frozen pipe? I heard some people keep a tap running with a trickle of water to keep drain from freezing. Or is it to keep the supply lines from freezing? Thanks for the tip though, I do have a tub tap that has been drip...

k, starting to think it might be the septic tank. Running warm water down drains does not appear to work, water starts backing up, in both bathrooms after about 1 min of running the water. Shoveled off the snow off the septic tank, took of little hole thingy, about 5, 6 inches in diameter, about 2 f...

Hi there. I have a lot of drain pipe under my mobile home. I have a bathroom at each end of my home, pipe runs to middle, then out to septic tank. I believe it froze some where as I have water coming back up my tub and toilet. I dont think its just a clog of gunk as it was working fine until we went...

cool, I will be starting this tonight when I get home from work. Hopefully not as bad as it look. Thanks for the tips.

K, first time posting here, hope this is the right forum. I have had a ton of trouble with my home since I bought it, mainly in the last month. I have now been in the home for 1 year. I was built in 1996, Triple E (M), lack of info due to the fire Triple M supposedly had. Current water trouble, I ha...