On Apr 23, 6:53 am, " wrote:
On Apr 23, 9:23?am, Harry K wrote:





On Apr 22, 6:58 pm, " wrote:

On Apr 22, 9:37?pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:

"J.A. Michel" wrote in message

What should have they done with it? ?Why don't you do it then? ?Should
they have dug it up?
My house also has an abandoned septic tank in the yard. ?I've done with it
the same thing that
you're previous owners did with yours - *nothing*.

Then you should do something. ?Some town have codes and procedures as does
the Uniform Plumbing Code

Also, read this ?http://www.septicprotector.com/deathpools.htm

Ignorance is not an excuse so it would be wise to remedy the bad situation.

big bopulders and rocks BAD IDEA! the dirt that musat o on top will
forever be leaking between boulders and sinking.

you shoulds of filled with gravel little sink with that, or filled
with plain dirt sprayed with water and compacted.

what you added was the worst choice you could of made.....

sorry to give you bad news......

What he did was not that bad. ?He can cover it with dirt as is. ?The
worst that will happen is refilling the settling hole several times
over the years. ?Putting sand down to filter down will require the
same thing so...

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well the company that built this tract of homes fillewd in a old hand
dug well in our back yard this way.

House built in 1950 well filled in with boulders at that time.

I moved here in 1972 and was told it was the neighborhood dirt dump,
and it was a big depression back then.

I got interested in filling it in about 1980 and added several
truckloads of topsoil. It continued o sink till 1990 or so.

do you really want a ongoing hassle for 10 or 20 years?

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Yep. And having already filled it with rocks (size not specified) he
is already stuck with teh problem. Use sand, dirt, whatever, it is
not going to settle in with the first dump.

That is the truth of the matter but it is not the disaster you make it
out to be.

Harry K