Two guys from the septic co. showed up today while we were gone and dug up the header. When we got back, they weren't here, but came back within a few minutes to jet the lines and reinstall everything. Got that done, and they ran into some root masses a couple feet in on the outer 2 pipes, and a little on the 2 in the middle.
Lines went out about 35 ft or so, and they ran into some clay-ie soil down near the lines. One minor glitch......when they jetted the small 3-4' pipe back into the tank, I asked if the pressure might blow the baffle off. Guy checked and sure enough, it was gone into the depths. He's coming back in the morning to finish the riser and cap, and of course.....put in a new baffle. I'm happy, and keeping my fingers crossed this stalls the inevitable until next year.
With no D-box there I would have them put a Tee with riser and cap so you can dump copper sulfate down the field lines annually. It really does kill roots and they decompose naturally it will make it more than a year if everything is cleaned out and no collapsed pipes
Yep. Same thing the boss said. He suggested copper sulphate (less expensive) or they'll do the Root-X, which foams up and fills the whole pipe, instead of just the bottom.
i'd have them put a d-box in if you have more than 1 lateral. then an extension and lid on that. pits open, not that much more expensive. or you could have them leave that part open and put your own in. either way.
I misunderstood about the riser for the field was thinking you were talking about the tank lids Pretty easy, stick a garden hose down each one and see how long it takes to fill up. the flow rate may change drastically once some CS is dumped down there and has a few weeks to kill back the roots
Ideally a tee with cap on each field line would be best so CS could be distributed into the lines ensuring each is cleared out of roots
papadave Check your garden hose flow by time into a 5gal bucket and don't adjust flow when you test the effluent capacity of each line two or 3 buckets if you are on well pump to get consistent readings may be required. Same test on shower heads is fairly easy and straight forward(probably don't bring the poopy buckets inside)
Is it just me or does all those lines looked plugged solid?? Looks like a few buck$ for sure dave. Hope not man..
They said this was basically a loop and they said there would be a "footer" at the other end connecting all the lines. There was a little trickle of water from the lines not being flushed, so most of the water was staying in there. I'm hopeful the field isn't crudded up, because there was some "stuff" coming out too. I think they got most of the roots out and they seemed to be mostly in the first few feet of the outer pipes. So, pipes were about 2' apart, and 35' out. That's only about 200 ft......seems a bit small, but I think this was originally a small cabin that had additions put on. At the time, it was more than enough, but now..............? I musta not splained it well.I do that sometimes.
That was my initial thought too, but once they started, most of that came out and they got the jetting hose into the lines fairly easy. I'm not understanding this basod. Dumping buckets of water into the lines somehow?
Trying to keep you from having this fester in your mind all weekend brother septic company wants to replace your field for money -the business they are in, step back buy a few PVC fittings and have it all realigned for them that makes it easier for you long term. a riser on each field line may be excessive but I overdue everything I do because otherwise there ain't no sense in doing it
Do a timed test as how log it takes to fill a 5 gallon bucket - that is your base line flow gallons/minute stick the hose in each of your field lines and see how long it takes before the water backs up into the ditch you have opened up -stick the hose down the line a bit.
Ah, gotcha. These guys aren't pushing anything. They had a mini excavator in the yard and most of the earth has been "reinstalled", except where the riser and baffle need to be done. I'll keep the baffle lid dug out to keep an eye on things for a while. Not including the pumpout, this should run about $300 total.
you are getting out of that cheap. Not unusual to have to pay that just for routine service. I pay a lot even when I have the access to the holding tank all exposed. I hope the digging is over for you. So frustrating trying to solve those issues. That is why I just write the check and say thank you.
Papa if I read what they did correctly, that is a fair price OK cheap.. generally cost 75 dollars to put excavator on property another 50 an hour to run it. here and pump outs are about 200.. those are good prices..
Haven't gotten the final bill yet (should happen today), but the estimate was actually under 300. I won't mind if it's a little more, and would expect it to be since they added the riser. I forgot the initial video inspection fee, so closer to 350. Still not bad.
