I just moved into the old family farmhouse a year ago. We had to have the septic tank pumped out when sewage was coming up into drains in the house. Alls been ok since then. But we try to not put paper in toilet cause it doesnt always go down. My grandparents lived here since the sixties and the house is older than that. But now stinky muddy water is pooling over the septic tank. Since it was pumped out a year ago could it need it again already. We have a big family and use lots of water. Think my 92 yr old granny has thrown some wet wipes in toilet. The septic guy i called said the fill lines are bad. Is it that certain. Could it be stopped up or where we have too much rain lately or the tank is from the 1950s and cant handle our waterload? Anything we can try before the big bucks solution?

My sump pump goes off every 15-30 mins on dry days. My house is set pretty high so I don't understand why the basin fills up so much. Recently here in Chicago we had a pretty bad storm come through and caused a lot of flooding. Luckily my pump kept up and didn't have any failure. But water did start to seep in from the floor joints of the basement. First time this ever happened, but it was a very rare occurrence it rained 7 inches in a matter of hours. Today I decided that I should install a back up pump so when I went and looked into the pit I noticed that the basin was filling up with water even though no water was coming in from the inlet pipe. I put my had down and felt water coming up from a tear in the drum of the pit. It was a tear not a pre-drilled hole. About the size of a dime. Water was basically shooting up from that hole and slowly filling my basin. My question is do I replace the sump pit drum? Or do I leave it? If I replace that drum or fix it where will that water go?