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Septic tank cleanout holes
Septic guy wants me to dig the holes says one in the front corner and
one in the back corner. I have no clue from the town's as-built septic plan what holes they are. There seems to be six points on the chart. The first two are close together and look like a square with two holes. Four more spread out to the back lawn with the a line coming from holes one and two to another one with a square. I don't understand the drawing I'd rather not end up digging six holes! Thanks. |
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I think you will need to be more specific. Are you finding the
openings on the septic tank itself for the septic man so he can inspect and pump the septic tank? Your drawing should show the septic tank which may be 6 feet or more in diameter. A line comes from the house to the tank, one of the openings on the tank lid will be close to this pipe. Another line leaves the tank to a series of distribution boxes that feed multiple lateral lines, the other opening is close to this pipe, usually straight across the tank from the first one. I suspect you will need to dig down to the top of the tank at your best guess at where the line is entering the tank. It is probably down 1 or 2 feet. Your drawing is probably showing the tank and the lateral field. The tank will be close to the house, the lateral lines will run quite a distance out in the yard as parallel lines or fan shaped. -- ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) wrote in message ... Septic guy wants me to dig the holes says one in the front corner and one in the back corner. I have no clue from the town's as-built septic plan what holes they are. There seems to be six points on the chart. The first two are close together and look like a square with two holes. Four more spread out to the back lawn with the a line coming from holes one and two to another one with a square. I don't understand the drawing I'd rather not end up digging six holes! Thanks. |
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Septic tank cleanout holes
wrote in message ... Septic guy wants me to dig the holes says one in the front corner and one in the back corner. I have no clue from the town's as-built septic plan what holes they are. There seems to be six points on the chart. The first two are close together and look like a square with two holes. Four more spread out to the back lawn with the a line coming from holes one and two to another one with a square. I don't understand the drawing I'd rather not end up digging six holes! Thanks. The first two holes that you spoke of, if they are closest to the house, are the two holes that you want. The lines from the are distribution lines to a dist. box. See if these are the two holes that lead to the clean outs on the top of tank that when removed will reveal the interior to the septic tank. Over this I would install a plastic stand pipe (available at septic supply) with a cover. This will make it easier to locate and clean out every three years (as it is in most municipalities). HTH, Chuck |
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I'd rather not end up digging six holes!
Thanks. The guys who cleaned my tank lent me a tool to help find the tank. It is a small rod about 3' long with a t handle on it. You can easily push it into the ground and find the outline of the tanks. Then I measured about one foot in from the sides and end and found the cover. It's really pretty easy. Not worth the $50 per cover they want to dig them up for you. Good Luck, |
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