Sounds like you have a lot of experience with this, and I really appreciate
your expertise. I hope it will not come to this drastic type of solution.
I'm sure the cost will be extraordinary.


On 7/26/06 5:32 PM, in article
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Deeder Virago wrote:
Yikes! $$$$, I'm sure. Thanks for all your input! Any additional comments
are welcome.

While having to use a pump because you need to go uphill is not
desirable and adds cost, I think it's still not a killer in the cost of
a whole new system, which isn't gonna be cheap to begin with, whether
it uses a pump or not. And if going that route makes to overall job
easier, it could lower the total cost. For example, you indicated that
excavating machinery could not get into your back yard, while they can
get to your uphill front yard. That factor alone would IMO more than
offset the pump cost.

There are situations with far bigger problems, like soil that has poor
perc, or cases where a lot of soil must be built up to put the system
on top of existing grade, etc.






On 7/26/06 12:38 PM, in article
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Deeder Virago wrote:
Exactly right - with the house at the back of the lot, it would all have to
be pumped elaborately up the hill somehow.

While not desirable if other options are available, this is done with a
pump in septic systems where it's necessary.






On 7/26/06 11:51 AM, in article ,
"GWB" wrote:

On 26 Jul 2006 11:42:06 -0700, wrote:

Deeder Virago wrote:
Our house is at the bottom of a hill, at the back of the lot. We have no
backyard; it's all front yard. The cesspool is at the back corner of the
house. The area there is perhaps ten feet square.

If it's all front yard, why can't you put a new septic system there?



Keep in mind the old saying, "**** rolls down hill."