Septic tie in
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'...
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Mocoondo wrote:JaxDad wrote:
A typical 5' bathtub holds 42 gallons if it's filled to the overflow drain. However with a person in it and not completely full, an average bath takes 20 to 25
However, since these devises are a long way away from the tank and the pipes between are very shallow slope the water sort of trickles in.
Put a 4" line right into the primary chamber and let loose 100 gallons and your asking for problems.
Also, your bathtub, dishwasher, washing machine, and even toilet are not filled with 100 gallons of raw sewage. It takes some time for solids to settle out and if you send, for example, 50 gallons of black sewage and 50 gallons of grey immediately thereafter, the sewage has not had time to settle out and some will end up displacing over the baffle and eventually out into the fields. The effects of doing this are cumulative and very damaging to the system.
OP I have been doing the impossible for over 40 years. My dad put it in over 40 years ago. No, he was not an engineer or anything like that. He did have a lot of common sense. Never any problems.
I also use blue in my tank AND drink out of a water hose AND use regular toilet paper AND dump my tank when it's only 1/4 to 1/2 full sometimes AND have ST tires on my trailer AND tow at 70 to 75 MPH. :E
Guess I'm just lucky. :R
