Septic tie in

Mocoondo wrote:
1. The septic process works because of anaerobic bacteria, which is bacteria that thrives in the absence of oxygen. If you tee into a drain line that opens to the surface, you are admitting air into the system and will kill off a lot of your "good" bacteria.

You could add a p-trap to prevent this and to prevent the smell when you open the home dump station. Use a 45 deg bend down, 90 deg back up and 45 deg to horizontal again in the horizontal part of the system and you're good to go. That's what I did anyway and it works perfectly.

You also want to make this higher than the septic pipe tie in, so no house stuff runs into this p-trap.

You'll get something like this.

----------v-----------\________

----- is rv pipe and _____ is house pipe

The p-trap is being cleaned by the grey water.


Edit FYI: we don't have a septic tank. Our house black and grey water go straight into the city sewer because water sanitizing stations prefer it that way.

Effy wrote:

D & M wrote:

Effy wrote:
My septic cleanout is only about 25' off my driveway. Usually I pull in the yard to access it with my slinky. I am considering running an extension to the corner of the house next to the driveway. It's a pretty straight shot. Has anyone done this before? Any creative ideas? Flexible/temporary pipe, or a more permanent PVC? Pictures of your set up would be helpful.

OP, did any of this help you answer your question? LOL

It did. I think you guys are way over complicating this. I use the cleanout and have been for years. No explosions, no breaches, no fire and brimstone.

Congrats.

My neighbour and his wife celebrated their 30th anniversary in August, big party, lots guests and smiles.

They both started smoking in their teens.

Tomorrow is her funeral, she died of lung cancer.

Will smoking kill everyone? Nope. Is it safe, nope. Do people still smoke? Yup. Do people advise against it? Yup.

'Nuff said.

Effy wrote:

D & M wrote:

Effy wrote:
My septic cleanout is only about 25' off my driveway. Usually I pull in the yard to access it with my slinky. I am considering running an extension to the corner of the house next to the driveway. It's a pretty straight shot. Has anyone done this before? Any creative ideas? Flexible/temporary pipe, or a more permanent PVC? Pictures of your set up would be helpful.

OP, did any of this help you answer your question? LOL

It did. I think you guys are way over complicating this. I use the cleanout and have been for years. I am simply putting an extension on it that's about 20-25' to reach the drive so I don't have to drive on to the grass. This is not rocket science. And who has a 100 gallon tank? Mine is 30 and I usually dump at 2/3. Both my tanks combined might release 40 gals. A few elbows, a length of PVC, done.

What you're proposing will work just fine. Go for it... If you're still thinking of leaving the far end unglued though, I'd suggest snugging the fitting down, and then driving a couple of sheet metal screws through to insure it stays put through the vibrations/pressures when actively dumping, and expansion contraction cycles as temperatures change. It'll only add an extra minute or two if you need to pop the extension off to access the original cleanout.

D & M wrote:

Effy wrote:
My septic cleanout is only about 25' off my driveway. Usually I pull in the yard to access it with my slinky. I am considering running an extension to the corner of the house next to the driveway. It's a pretty straight shot. Has anyone done this before? Any creative ideas? Flexible/temporary pipe, or a more permanent PVC? Pictures of your set up would be helpful.

OP, did any of this help you answer your question? LOL

It did. I think you guys are way over complicating this. I use the cleanout and have been for years. No explosions, no breaches, no fire and brimstone. C'mon guys. Really? Some of these posts are hilarious. We should close this post before someone tells me I need a hazmat suit and the bomb squad to dump my tanks. Jeez. I am simply putting an extension on it that's about 20-25' to reach the drive so I don't have to drive on to the grass. This is not rocket science. And who has a 100 gallon tank? Mine is 30 and I usually dump at 2/3. Both my tanks combined might release 40 gals. A few elbows, a length of PVC, done. I have a macerator, one built in on the 29.2 and a portable flowjet. The flowjet is fine, but you have to hookup the electric, a supply hose, a drain hose, etc etc, and then put it all back. Be nice to just pull up and dump without driving through the yard is all. I think I am done with this post. Y'all can keep spouting about the sky falling. I am going to Lowes.

D & M wrote:
Seven pages on a waste dump. You guys are funny.

well when it comes to s**t,,,,,, well you know how it goes.

One aspect of PDM (Poop Disposal Method) not addressed so far may not impact many RVers, but for those of us who frequently visit our neighbours to the north (Canada, for the geographically challenged), one must be very careful when returning to the US with even a partial LOP (Load of Poop). Canada uses the Metric system. As long as the LOP is not exposed to oxygen, or if you execute a PDM in Canada, you are OK. But if you return to the US with a LOP accumulated in Canada, as soon as that LOP is exposed to US air, it will increase by a factor of 2.2. Therefore, what was a modest 1/2 to 3/4 LOP now exceeds the capacity of the PDM. The hoses cannot handle such a volume and will more than likely burst. On occasion, even the on-board black tank has swollen to dangerous proportions, and recently on a Montana-licensed pusher visiting Saskatchewan, one actually did explode. But nobody noticed.

GM

C Schomer wrote:
It doesn't matter what the definition of septic is. It's totally untrue that an open dump pipe or a little oxygenated water will destroy the works of a septic tank or none of them on the planet would be working. Craig

yep, x2: I guess when they open mine up every 20 years to pump it out no oxygen enters when the lid is removed.
bumpy

Seven pages on a waste dump. You guys are funny.

It doesn't matter what the definition of septic is. It's totally untrue that an open dump pipe or a little oxygenated water will destroy the works of a septic tank or none of them on the planet would be working. Craig

Didn't read all 4 pages but some areas require sewer pipe to be black. Don't all jump me as I only know what is required in our corner of California. I've seen where some white PVC is allowed/ignored for ground level connection