Hello,

Just curious about this.

Seems like I see more and more homes in my area have the u shaped plastic
pipe coming out of their lawn.

Sure does look horrible.

Obviously, it's a vent that is over the septic tank itself, or possibly over
the leaching field.
Anyone know which ?

Years ago, you never saw these.
Is it a recent building code requirement (live in Mass.) ?

Why is it used, or required ?
What if it isn't used ?
etc. ?

Thanks,
Bob

Robert11 wrote:

Hello,

Just curious about this.

Seems like I see more and more homes in my area have the u shaped plastic
pipe coming out of their lawn.

Sure does look horrible.

Obviously, it's a vent that is over the septic tank itself, or possibly over
the leaching field.
Anyone know which ?

Years ago, you never saw these.
Is it a recent building code requirement (live in Mass.) ?

Why is it used, or required ?
What if it isn't used ?
etc. ?

Thanks,
Bob

Back in the good ol days, sewer pipe was cast iron or terra
cotta. Very expensive and time consuming, not to mention
fragile. Nowadays we use PVC which is cheap and easy.

After a few times of having to dig up the yard to find where
the sewer line is clogged, you start putting in cleanouts
everywhere. Add a few places to put in chemicals if you need
them, too.


--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

Robert Allison wrote;

After a few times of having to dig up the
yard to find where the sewer line is
clogged, you start putting in cleanouts
everywhere.

I don't think he was referring to cleanouts. A lot of leach fields in
my area have vent tubes. Mine does not. I don't know what they are
needed for.


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

on 9/24/2007 1:20 PM Robert11 said the following:
Hello,

Just curious about this.

Seems like I see more and more homes in my area have the u shaped plastic
pipe coming out of their lawn.

Sure does look horrible.

Obviously, it's a vent that is over the septic tank itself, or possibly over
the leaching field.
Anyone know which ?

Years ago, you never saw these.
Is it a recent building code requirement (live in Mass.) ?

Why is it used, or required ?
What if it isn't used ?
etc. ?

Thanks,
Bob



Aeration for certain bacteria that need oxygen.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

In article on Mon, 24 Sep
2007 13:20:55 -0400, Robert11 wrote:

Hello,

Just curious about this.

Seems like I see more and more homes in my area have the u shaped plastic
pipe coming out of their lawn.

Sure does look horrible.

Obviously, it's a vent that is over the septic tank itself, or possibly over
the leaching field.
Anyone know which ?

Years ago, you never saw these.
Is it a recent building code requirement (live in Mass.) ?

Why is it used, or required ?
What if it isn't used ?
etc. ?


I live in Mass. too. When I bought my current house, the previous owner
had to replace the septic system. It was replaced after we moved in, so
I got to see the whole process.

The vent is at a corner of the leaching field. According to my
installer, the vent pipe is required by code to vent gases from the
leaching field. I believe he said it was required if the leaching field
was more than twelve inches below ground.

--
Seth Goodman

Seth Goodman wrote:

I live in Mass. too. When I bought my current house, the previous
owner had to replace the septic system. It was replaced after we
moved in, so I got to see the whole process.

The vent is at a corner of the leaching field. According to my
installer, the vent pipe is required by code to vent gases from the
leaching field. I believe he said it was required if the leaching
field was more than twelve inches below ground.

Yes. This is a code requirement to prevent your back yard from exploding.
Until you have seen (or worse, witnessed) an exploded backyard...

"Robert11" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Just curious about this.

Seems like I see more and more homes in my area have the u shaped plastic
pipe coming out of their lawn.

Sure does look horrible.

Obviously, it's a vent that is over the septic tank itself, or possibly
over the leaching field.
Anyone know which ?

Years ago, you never saw these.
Is it a recent building code requirement (live in Mass.) ?

Why is it used, or required ?
What if it isn't used ?
etc. ?

Thanks,
Bob


The vent stacks only last a few years around here. People seem to whack
them off with their mowers and fail to replace them. But, wow, an exploding
lawn... never heard of or saw one. Sounds pretty icky if not unlikely
since I've been around in a septic field area all of my 50 odd years (some
more odd than others!). No flame intended to HeyBub.