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On 7/30/2011 10:58 PM, Steve B wrote:
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I was at a cloned box auto parts store a while back and saw a notice
posted about how the store was now accepting waste motor oil for disposal.
I asked a store employee about it and he handed a huge sheaf
of government and EPA documents that had to be filled out in order for
the store to accept my waste motor oil. I remembered what happened to a
large group of people who took their old car batteries to a lead recycling
company that went out of business. The government took the records
consisting of the paperwork filled out by the customers of the
defunct company who thought they were doing a good thing for the
environment and demanded that those people pay for the cleanup of the
hazardous waste at the site of the closed company. I changed my mind
about taking my used motor oil to the auto parts store and found a
friendly manager at an oil change service who took my old oil without
any hassle.

TDD


I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5 gal.
buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook. I took the
oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have a receipt that
says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn in the 5 gal. of used
oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the landfill. They have an
"amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they will take anything no questions asked.
The next one is this spring.

And they wonder why people take this crud and dump it in the desert.

Steve



The law of unintended results states: Whenever a government gets
involved with any human activity, it can always be counted on to turn it
into a complete cluster coitus. ^_^

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On 7/30/2011 10:58 PM, Steve B wrote:
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I was at a cloned box auto parts store a while back and saw a notice
posted about how the store was now accepting waste motor oil for disposal.
I asked a store employee about it and he handed a huge sheaf
of government and EPA documents that had to be filled out in order for
the store to accept my waste motor oil. I remembered what happened to a
large group of people who took their old car batteries to a lead recycling
company that went out of business. The government took the records
consisting of the paperwork filled out by the customers of the
defunct company who thought they were doing a good thing for the
environment and demanded that those people pay for the cleanup of the
hazardous waste at the site of the closed company. I changed my mind
about taking my used motor oil to the auto parts store and found a
friendly manager at an oil change service who took my old oil without
any hassle.

TDD


I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5 gal.
buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook. I took the
oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have a receipt that
says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn in the 5 gal. of used
oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the landfill. They have an
"amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they will take anything no questions asked.
The next one is this spring.

And they wonder why people take this crud and dump it in the desert.

Steve



Oh yea, I hope you didn't give them your name and address or any way to
find you. You may have a group of armed feds show up at your door to
take you away for having an unauthorized toxic storage site. The chances
are the government would take your home and property. I know that many
people would think it paranoid but remember all the American
citizens who've been killed by government agents over some asinine law.
I don't tell anybody anything when it comes to a possible violation of
any government regulation or law. I will inquire about it or research it
discreetly, especially if there is some reward program in existence
for turning in violators. TELL NO ONE!

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And they wonder why people take this crud and dump it in the desert.

Steve


DId you check in with the County and/or City? Both in my area have haz
mat disposal areas that are relatively easy to find and have decent
hours (even Sat. morning).

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Steve B wrote:

I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5 gal.
buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook. I
took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have a
receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn in
the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the
landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they will
take anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.

And they wonder why people take this crud and dump it in the desert.


Some people think it is beneficial for the storm-sewer system to be
"lubricated."


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"The Daring Dufas" wrote


I was at a cloned box auto parts store a while back and saw a notice
posted about how the store was now accepting waste motor oil for
disposal. I asked a store employee about it and he handed a huge
sheaf of government and EPA documents that had to be filled out in
order for the store to accept my waste motor oil. I remembered what
happened to a large group of people who took their old car batteries
to a lead recycling company that went out of business. The government
took the records consisting of the paperwork filled out by the
customers of the defunct company who thought they were doing a good
thing for the environment and demanded that those people pay for the
cleanup of the hazardous waste at the site of the closed company. I
changed my mind about taking my used motor oil to the auto parts
store and found a friendly manager at an oil change service who took
my old oil without any hassle.

TDD


I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5 gal.
buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook. I took
the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have a
receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn in
the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the
landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they will take
anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.

And they wonder why people take this crud and dump it in the desert.

Steve


You should have called the real estate agent who handled the sell. That
house was not delivered in the "broom clean" state it was supposed to.


It should have been in the sales contract. The hazmat stuff should have been
identified, in particular.


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"Steve B" wrote in
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote


I was at a cloned box auto parts store a while back and saw a
notice posted about how the store was now accepting waste motor oil
for disposal. I asked a store employee about it and he handed a
huge sheaf of government and EPA documents that had to be filled
out in order for the store to accept my waste motor oil. I
remembered what happened to a large group of people who took their
old car batteries to a lead recycling company that went out of
business. The government took the records consisting of the
paperwork filled out by the customers of the defunct company who
thought they were doing a good thing for the environment and
demanded that those people pay for the cleanup of the hazardous
waste at the site of the closed company. I changed my mind about
taking my used motor oil to the auto parts store and found a
friendly manager at an oil change service who took my old oil
without any hassle.

TDD

I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5
gal. buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook.
I took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have
a receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn
in the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called
the landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they
will take anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.

And they wonder why people take this crud and dump it in the desert.

Steve


You should have called the real estate agent who handled the sell.
That house was not delivered in the "broom clean" state it was
supposed to.


It should have been in the sales contract. The hazmat stuff should
have been identified, in particular.


That would have helped, but is not really necessary IMNSHO. Probably too
late now, but the real estate agent has an address, I bet ... I would
still use it, but then, I'm (luckily) not the OP.

Btw, here in Bergen county, NJ, the haz people collect at least
quarterly, so I would probably have waited for a collection date and
location.

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On 31 Jul 2011 14:49:20 GMT, Han wrote:

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On 31 Jul 2011 11:51:01 GMT, Han wrote:

"Steve B" wrote in
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote


I was at a cloned box auto parts store a while back and saw a
notice posted about how the store was now accepting waste motor oil
for disposal. I asked a store employee about it and he handed a
huge sheaf of government and EPA documents that had to be filled
out in order for the store to accept my waste motor oil. I
remembered what happened to a large group of people who took their
old car batteries to a lead recycling company that went out of
business. The government took the records consisting of the
paperwork filled out by the customers of the defunct company who
thought they were doing a good thing for the environment and
demanded that those people pay for the cleanup of the hazardous
waste at the site of the closed company. I changed my mind about
taking my used motor oil to the auto parts store and found a
friendly manager at an oil change service who took my old oil
without any hassle.

TDD

I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5
gal. buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook.
I took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have
a receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn
in the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called
the landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they
will take anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.

And they wonder why people take this crud and dump it in the desert.

Steve

You should have called the real estate agent who handled the sell.
That house was not delivered in the "broom clean" state it was
supposed to.


It should have been in the sales contract. The hazmat stuff should
have been identified, in particular.


That would have helped, but is not really necessary IMNSHO. Probably too
late now, but the real estate agent has an address, I bet ... I would
still use it, but then, I'm (luckily) not the OP.


That certainly depends on the jurisdiction. When we sold the previous house,
such things were enumerated in the sales contract. No big deal. Just $$.

Btw, here in Bergen county, NJ, the haz people collect at least
quarterly, so I would probably have waited for a collection date and
location.


In VT, they would collect at the dump (transfer station, really) quarterly but
household quantities of hazmat stuff could be dropped off at their offices
pretty much anytime, six days a week (there were odd hours of operation).
They actually had a pretty good system. One of the only things they did that
was worthwhile. We lived in NY before that. They had *no* means of getting
rid of any household waste, including appliances and mattresses, other than
dumping them on a country road.

It's even better here in AL, though. Just set it by the curb and it's gone on
Wednesday (appliances cost a couple of bucks).
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote


I was at a cloned box auto parts store a while back and saw a
notice posted about how the store was now accepting waste motor oil
for disposal. I asked a store employee about it and he handed a
huge sheaf of government and EPA documents that had to be filled
out in order for the store to accept my waste motor oil. I
remembered what happened to a large group of people who took their
old car batteries to a lead recycling company that went out of
business. The government took the records consisting of the
paperwork filled out by the customers of the defunct company who
thought they were doing a good thing for the environment and
demanded that those people pay for the cleanup of the hazardous
waste at the site of the closed company. I changed my mind about
taking my used motor oil to the auto parts store and found a
friendly manager at an oil change service who took my old oil
without any hassle.

TDD

I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5
gal. buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook.
I took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have
a receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn
in the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called
the landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they
will take anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.

And they wonder why people take this crud and dump it in the desert.

Steve

You should have called the real estate agent who handled the sell.
That house was not delivered in the "broom clean" state it was
supposed to.


It should have been in the sales contract. The hazmat stuff should
have been identified, in particular.


That would have helped, but is not really necessary IMNSHO. Probably too
late now, but the real estate agent has an address, I bet ... I would
still use it, but then, I'm (luckily) not the OP.

Btw, here in Bergen county, NJ, the haz people collect at least
quarterly, so I would probably have waited for a collection date and
location.

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"Would" have waited? I still have the crud, and I WILL wait until I can
properly dispose of it.

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"Would" have waited? I still have the crud, and I WILL wait until I can
properly dispose of it.

Steve


Good for you!! Whereabouts are you?

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In the great crusade to save the planet, avoiding road salt being
dumped in the Pacific is roughly the same magnitude as erecting wind
turbines.
It's for the children.


And only idiots think that is the reason.


Evidently, then, the mayor of Seattle is an idiot because that's the
reason he gave for discontinuing roadway salt.

Most of the runoff in the
Seattle area ends up in freshwater streams and lakes way before it
gets near salt water.


And these streams and lakes empty into what exactly?


It doesn't matter. The life in the freshwater is what they are concerned about.




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I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5 gal.
buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook. I
took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have a
receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn in
the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the
landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they will
take anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.


I put the oil in a milk jug labled "old oil" and put it out next to the
recycling bin on the appropriate day, and they take it away. Or, take it to the
transfer center and dump it into the tank there.



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"Would" have waited? I still have the crud, and I WILL wait until I can
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Steve


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Utah.


Steve,

not to change the subject

From another thread you mentioned Evaporative (swamp) coolers for your
shipping containers. Same place for the brewery.

Why not use a squirrel cage fan? The one I salvaged from my old
furnace is a four speed. The HAVC guy told me it would only take a few
minutes to evacuate HOT air from my double garage. I'm going to put it
on a small dolly for mobility.

A squirrel cage fan on one end would draw plenty of heat out of the
container on the far end. A small hole / vent to move the heat out...
mounted near the roof on the end wall. Mounted inside.

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I put the oil in a milk jug labled "old oil" and put it out next to
the recycling bin on the appropriate day, and they take it away. Or,
take it to the transfer center and dump it into the tank there.


At least that's what they want you to think.


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Utah.


Steve,

not to change the subject

From another thread you mentioned Evaporative (swamp) coolers for your
shipping containers. Same place for the brewery.

Why not use a squirrel cage fan? The one I salvaged from my old
furnace is a four speed. The HAVC guy told me it would only take a few
minutes to evacuate HOT air from my double garage. I'm going to put it
on a small dolly for mobility.

A squirrel cage fan on one end would draw plenty of heat out of the
container on the far end. A small hole / vent to move the heat out...
mounted near the roof on the end wall. Mounted inside.

\ back to subject


Do the math. There is no point of bringing in air that is anything less
than 80 degrees or thereabouts to make it feel "cool". The containers
absorb and radiate a lot of heat from their steel after being in direct
sunlight for 14 hours or so. A squirrel cage would simply move warm/hot air
around. I have had interior temperatures of 135 degrees, with outside temps
at 108.

We are finishing putting the trusses on. Lots of attachment points, plus a
superstructure in the middle that doubles as a hoist. When we deck it out,
it may still be hot enough to try the water idea thing, but I'm sure that is
the way I will go. Then an evaporative cooler for each container, vented to
outside.

I once had a 1400 sf workshop for my business. The AC unit could not cool
down all the steel in there without running 24/7. So, I got one of the roll
arounds. But then, taking inside humid air, and trying to evaporate water
with it isn't efficient, and made it as humid as Houston inside the shop.

Time and experimentation will tell. I'm going to insulate a room within the
container with some very good insulation, and put a window unit in there for
brew space. I only need to keep it at 75 for a week or so, and that can be
done with any small 110v. air conditioner, even the smallest. 640 CUBIC
feet at most.

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Utah.


Steve,

not to change the subject

From another thread you mentioned Evaporative (swamp) coolers for your
shipping containers. Same place for the brewery.

Why not use a squirrel cage fan? The one I salvaged from my old
furnace is a four speed. The HAVC guy told me it would only take a few
minutes to evacuate HOT air from my double garage. I'm going to put it
on a small dolly for mobility.

A squirrel cage fan on one end would draw plenty of heat out of the
container on the far end. A small hole / vent to move the heat out...
mounted near the roof on the end wall. Mounted inside.

\ back to subject


Do the math. There is no point of bringing in air that is anything less
than 80 degrees or thereabouts to make it feel "cool". The containers
absorb and radiate a lot of heat from their steel after being in direct
sunlight for 14 hours or so. A squirrel cage would simply move warm/hot air
around. I have had interior temperatures of 135 degrees, with outside temps
at 108.

We are finishing putting the trusses on. Lots of attachment points, plus a
superstructure in the middle that doubles as a hoist. When we deck it out,
it may still be hot enough to try the water idea thing, but I'm sure that is
the way I will go. Then an evaporative cooler for each container, vented to
outside.

I once had a 1400 sf workshop for my business. The AC unit could not cool
down all the steel in there without running 24/7. So, I got one of the roll
arounds. But then, taking inside humid air, and trying to evaporate water
with it isn't efficient, and made it as humid as Houston inside the shop.

Time and experimentation will tell. I'm going to insulate a room within the
container with some very good insulation, and put a window unit in there for
brew space. I only need to keep it at 75 for a week or so, and that can be
done with any small 110v. air conditioner, even the smallest. 640 CUBIC
feet at most.

Any practical way to shade the containers?
Speaking of squirrel cage fans, until my son picked this up for 5
bucks at a rummage sale, I didn't know how neat they are.
http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-655702-S...ref=pd_cp_hi_2

This little sucker really pushes some air. About 3 times as much as a
similar powered "normal" box fan.
He uses it for working on cars and I've been using it to dry the
basement after getting flooded.
Ther'e even better Lasko branded fan like this.

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I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5 gal.
buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook. I
took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have a
receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn in
the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the
landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they will
take anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.


I put the oil in a milk jug labled "old oil" and put it out next to the
recycling bin on the appropriate day, and they take it away. Or, take it
to the transfer center and dump it into the tank there.


Apparently, you do not live in my hood. Leave a milk jug labeled "old oil"
next to the recycling bin, and you will return to find same.

The next amnesty day is in October.


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Steve B wrote:
I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5
gal. buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook.
I took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to
have a receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to
turn in the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the
landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where
they will take anything no questions asked. The next one is this
spring.


I put the oil in a milk jug labled "old oil" and put it out next to
the recycling bin on the appropriate day, and they take it away. Or,
take it to the transfer center and dump it into the tank there.


Apparently, you do not live in my hood. Leave a milk jug labeled
"old oil" next to the recycling bin, and you will return to find same.

The next amnesty day is in October.


That's the advantage of living somewhere with a good liberal government. They
figue out how to solve these problems.


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The next amnesty day is in October.


That's the advantage of living somewhere with a good liberal
government. They figue out how to solve these problems.


Some say most "problems" in society are the result of failed, upstream,
liberal "solutions" to other problems (which are still problems).


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I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5 gal.
buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook. I
took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have a
receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn in
the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the
landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they will
take anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.


I put the oil in a milk jug labled "old oil" and put it out next to the
recycling bin on the appropriate day, and they take it away. Or, take it to the
transfer center and dump it into the tank there.



I filter the old oil and dump it in my fuel oil tank. A gallon of motor
oil isn't going to make much difference in a 500 gallon tank.

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Steve B wrote:

I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5 gal.
buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of gook. I
took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have a
receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in order to turn in
the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No can do. Called the
landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A YEAR where they will
take anything no questions asked. The next one is this spring.


I put the oil in a milk jug labled "old oil" and put it out next to the
recycling bin on the appropriate day, and they take it away. Or, take it
to the transfer center and dump it into the tank there.



I filter the old oil and dump it in my fuel oil tank. A gallon of motor
oil isn't going to make much difference in a 500 gallon tank.

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What's a fuel oil tank? Will you pay shipping? It's yours free. ;-)

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HeyBub wrote:
Bob F wrote:

The next amnesty day is in October.


That's the advantage of living somewhere with a good liberal
government. They figue out how to solve these problems.


Some say most "problems" in society are the result of failed,
upstream, liberal "solutions" to other problems (which are still
problems).


But they don't have a clue. Their politics get ahead of reason.


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Steve B wrote:

I bought a house. Included was about 50 gallons of waste oil, 5
gal. buckets of roofing butyl, and assorted 5 gal. buckets of
gook. I took the oil to the box store that sells auto parts. Have to have
a receipt that says you bought 5 gal. of oil THERE in
order to turn in the 5 gal. of used oil. Called JiffyLube. No
can do. Called the landfill. They have an "amnesty" day ONCE A
YEAR where they will take anything no questions asked. The next
one is this spring.

I put the oil in a milk jug labled "old oil" and put it out next to
the recycling bin on the appropriate day, and they take it away.
Or, take it to the transfer center and dump it into the tank there.



I filter the old oil and dump it in my fuel oil tank. A gallon of
motor oil isn't going to make much difference in a 500 gallon tank.

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Bill


What's a fuel oil tank? Will you pay shipping? It's yours free. ;-)


I have wondered about the potential of using a waste oil burner to heat the
house. There's always people posting large quantities of waste oil on
Craigsllist.


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On 7/30/2011 1:03 PM, Evan wrote:
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:59:13 -0700 (PDT), JIMMIE
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Check county codes for installing a dry well


People mention codes, double top-secret permits, a truck load of
inspectors, etc ... but!


This is grey water for a small brewing set-up.


I often toss dirty water from a car wash bucket onto the lawn, around
trees and plants.


What is the difference?


Hold your phone calls, folks. We do have a winner.

Thanks, Oren. My sediments exactly. I was asking more along the lines of
construction techniques, but guess everyone went off on a legal tangent.
Forgiveness is easier to get than approval.

Steve

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Bull...

When you dump something on the ground, it has to leach through
the topsoil and subsoil layers before it can get into the aquifer...

When you dig a below the ground leaching field, you provide a
direct to the water table means of access for whatever you are
discharging...

Something which may not be harmful in the concentrations which
survive the UV exposure when they are flowing across the surface
of the ground and whatever portions successfully penetrate the layers
of soil between daylight and groundwater could potentially pollute
the aquifer when you directly inject them into the ground...

This is why septic and drainage systems require permits and
hearings... You aren't the only one using the ground water in
your area -- but if you want to create your own "plume" of
something and become one of the EPA's most wanted --
go for it... The lawsuits from everyone who owns land within a
mile of yours and alphabet soup government agencies you
have never heard of before won't cost that much, will they ?

Dry wells are in many places restricted to rainwater use
only...

~~ Evan


in my area, the water table is around 400' below the surface. there's
not much difference between on the ground and 4' down.

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