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Default septic drain-field caps

On Jul 26, 3:13*pm, harry wrote:
On Jul 26, 8:24*pm, "Steve B" wrote:





"Jules Richardson" wrote in message


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Having never owned a septic system prior to our current house... is there
any reason not to recess the drain-field caps so that the tops are level
with the surrounding ground?


The three tank-caps I can always disguise amongst a flower bed or
something so they're still easily accessible for pumping; having to mow
around the seven drain-field caps every week or two too is a pain in the
butt though. I noticed that the neighbours have them trimmed to be flush
with the ground; any reason not to do the same (other than a little
digging needed with a trowel if I do ever need to look at the drain-
field)?


cheers


Jules


I am curious. *In my state, Utah, I don't believe that septic drain field
caps are legal. *What is the purpose of these caps?


Steve


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All field drains eventually block with sediment. * The purpose is to
enable the system to be pressure jetted out if this happens. *Doesn't
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If you only flush organic stuff, everything should dissolve. My
septic system is 53 years old, I have the main tank pumped every 5 - 7
years, and never had a problem. I have two cleanouts for the two
halves of the main tank, and there is a junction box where the main
tank empties into three laterals, but don't know where it is except
for the site plan shown on the original plat of survey. The cleanouts
are about 1 foot underground, covered with dirt and grass. They are
also shown on the plat. To confirm their location after we bought the
house 45 years ago, I used a 1/8 inch rod and poked around and found
the corners of the tank, and from there located where the cleanouts
should be. Dug down putting the grass and dirt on a 6 x 9 tarp,
located the cleanout where it was supposed to be and then called the
truck to come. Since I had done all the hard stuff, I saved an hours
worth of time of the honey pot man and saved some serious $$$$. I
tidied up the plat with some landmarks to make it easier to find the
cleanouts and never had to do anything except dig at the right place
the first time ever since then. No one that I know in the Chicago
suburbs has cleanouts for the laterals.