I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

"Molly Brown" wrote in message
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I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

If the house has a septic system, it will also need septic fields, so it's
more likely that what you are looking at is something else

On Mar 4, 3:08*pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Molly Brown" wrote in message

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I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

If the house has a septic system, it will also need septic fields, so it's
more likely that what you are looking at is something else

I saw what is pobably a leach field below the hill.

On 3/4/2011 5:59 PM, Molly Brown wrote:
I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

Tanks aren't that big and could be a few feet beneath cover. Actual
tank cover is below cover you see. Doubt tank is beneath house as a
very old tank could collapse. Drain fields could be any where. I've
got neighbors that pump uphill to their fields.

Frank wrote:

On 3/4/2011 5:59 PM, Molly Brown wrote:
I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

Tanks aren't that big and could be a few feet beneath cover. Actual
tank cover is below cover you see. Doubt tank is beneath house as a
very old tank could collapse. Drain fields could be any where. I've
got neighbors that pump uphill to their fields.

Pump chambers are also not uncommon with city sewers as well if the
house is located lower than the sewer main.

On Mar 4, 4:59*pm, Molly Brown wrote:
I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

Wine cellar? Tornado shelter? Thermal heat pump exchange? Could be
anything. I doubt it would be a septic tank up the hill with a leach
field below the hill. They're almost always nearly level.

Red

On Mar 4, 5:59*pm, Molly Brown wrote:
I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

Very unlikely. If you have more dealings with it, you might
check with the local Health Dept.

And the local sewage haulers could well be able to describe
its system.

On Mar 4, 5:59*pm, Molly Brown wrote:
I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

If it didn't have a basement, and if there are water issues, there
may
be a French Drain with a pump access in a chamber.

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 14:59:34 -0800 (PST), Molly Brown
wrote:

I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

My mother was critized for having the septic tank under the patio,
because if it had to be dug up, it would ruin the tinted cement patio.

Of course the previous owner had done this, and the tank never caused
trouble while we were there. There was a 3 or 4' diameter circle
above the tank opening, with dirt and flowers. I was back there 40
years later, but it was covered with snow and I couldn't tell if the
original patio was in one piece or not.

I think the tank is under the tank cover, if that's what it is.

On Mar 4, 5:59*pm, Molly Brown wrote:
I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?

No. Tanks are not allowed under the house foundation.

However I have seen it done on older construction. Much older.

Could it be an old water well? I have a property that came with a concrete
cylinder about 3 feet across and about 8 inches up out of the ground with a
round concrete cap on top. When I opened it up, it was an old shallow water
well and there was a well pump in a crawl space under the house that ran to
the well.

Or, if it is a septic system -- Like you, I don't have any real experience
with septic systems, but I recently found this website that provides a ton
of information about how they are constructed, how they work, etc.:

http://www.septicprotector.com/


Molly Brown wrote:
I saw what looked like a septic tank cover right next to this very
expensive house built on a slab foundation. The house is on a hill and
the ground falls off right after where this cover is so the only place
the septic tank could possibly be, I would assume, is under the house.
Is this possible?