Septic Tanks-Just a reminder

[Tactically Fat]

For Morgan, brown, Johnson, Bartholomew Counties the guy to go to is
Setser septic service 317-691-6245



I've know Chad Setser for most of my life, you won't find a more honest person in the business

I bet that guy really knows his ****!

 

[x10]

We tell him to have a shxxxxx week all the time

 

[dprimm]

I bet that guy really knows his ****!

actually, he knows your ****

 

[Tactically Fat]

actually, he knows your ****

I'm on city sewer. ;-)

 

[Emerson Dambiggins]

I'm not a sewer connoisseur but we try to have ours pumped every three years. Fortunately, after each session our service guy says the tank is doing just fine.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

My working life started as a Honey Dipper and a Grave Digger/filler. Opens your thoughts

 

[Emerson Dambiggins]

My working life started as a Honey Dipper and a Grave Digger/filler. Opens your thoughts

So you got them when they were going, going gone?

 

[MindfulMan]

So you got them when they were going, going gone?

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Boss said people gotta poop and people gotta die. Recession proof

 

[russc2542]

That's what everyone was brought up to believe, but they have found that the balance is hard to keep.

Your tank should be full of water up to the outlet and with about a foot of "solids" (that are being digested) But all it takes is a rainy season, a dry season, Somebody accidentally flushing a bunch of bleach. Baby wipes, Ect.

Face it nobody wants to inspect their tank every couple months and then try to figure out what's going right or wrong, Tank maintenance is around $300 every 2 years, and a new system is 15k or more,

Many systems now have grinders on them and that helps, But also the variability in your leech field also comes into play, Sand/clay/loam, good drainage, high water table, like so many things there isn't just one answer. Some systems are in the sweet zone and work perfect, but most slowly fill up with solids that don't get digested. It's probably 5 years or more before it's a problem. Again no one solution.

Get it pumped, and then you don't fret when the sister in law that's lives in the city dumps baby wipes down your system.

True, no one-size-fits-all fix

I counter that the ground conditions (dirt type, drainage, etc) should be factored into the original construction so it is self-sustaining. Good luck litigating a fix though, by the time it's caught it'll be way too late.

Some are preventable or at least can be minimized, like beating the sis-in-law who flushes wipes and planning family visits/vacations to less traumatize the system. you can do it just make abnormality the norm. Don't plant trees or a garden anywhere near. The house we lived in when I was little had a birch tree planted in the middle of the leach field. DOH!

On the other hand, yes, weather, visitors, "oops"es, changes to the water table, soil, etc are less controllable.