I am picking up a small loader/backhoe this evening that will be used to uncover my existing 4" sewer main that leads to my septic system. The intent is to cut the line and add a long radius combination tee-wye to it, so that I can dump my holding tanks at the house whenever we need to. I've bought everything I need to complete most of the installation, but the foot operated sewer cap won't be delivered until Tuesday. I will take some pictures during the install that I will post when I finish.

My dump ends with the same pipe as a sewer clean out capped by a regular rubber sewer cap, nothing fancy. Has served me well since being installed about five years ago. As you probably know, add a trap to keep odor from escaping. Sure is nice to be able to dump at home instead of in some questionable public dump.

jmcgsd wrote:My dump ends with the same pipe as a sewer clean out capped by a regular rubber sewer cap, nothing fancy. Has served me well since being installed about five years ago. As you probably know, add a trap to keep odor from escaping. Sure is nice to be able to dump at home instead of in some questionable public dump.X2. Just wished I'd put it six foot closer to where the RV is parked.

Some septic tanks have two entries. One one each side of the inlet end.I used the inlet on the other side from our home. Plus I just use a screw cap. I installed a water fauset, RV electrical box and dump in the same area so friends can come in and hook up.

I went in the other direction and have been using a FloJet portable macerator for the past 10+ years.

We had public sewer clogging problems that once backed up into our house, so a few years ago I installed a cleanout near my driveway and capped it with a flapper valve. It doubles as my dump station.

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SCVJeff
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Oct 02, 2015
Wardster wrote:
This will be cheaper than the macerator pump and I don't have to make any modifications to my TC to use it.
Then there's the rest of us that need to go uphill and 30' out. You're lucky..
Wardster
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Oct 02, 2015
jmcgsd wrote:
As you probably know, add a trap to keep odor from escaping.

You don't need a trap on a cleanout, which is essentially all this is. The only real difference is the cap I will be using.
Wardster
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Oct 02, 2015
This will be cheaper than the macerator pump and I don't have to make any modifications to my TC to use it.
AISURFFISH
Explorer
Oct 02, 2015
Thank goodness there is one of those grates along the curbing down the street from my house near the end of the canal.
korbe
Explorer
Oct 02, 2015
We had public sewer clogging problems that once backed up into our house, so a few years ago I installed a cleanout near my driveway and capped it with a flapper valve. It doubles as my dump station.
SugarHillCTD
Explorer
Oct 02, 2015
I went in the other direction and have been using a FloJet portable macerator for the past 10+ years.
WyoTraveler
Explorer
Oct 02, 2015
Some septic tanks have two entries. One one each side of the inlet end.I used the inlet on the other side from our home. Plus I just use a screw cap. I installed a water fauset, RV electrical box and dump in the same area so friends can come in and hook up.
Halmfamily
Explorer
Oct 02, 2015
jmcgsd wrote:
My dump ends with the same pipe as a sewer clean out capped by a regular rubber sewer cap, nothing fancy. Has served me well since being installed about five years ago. As you probably know, add a trap to keep odor from escaping.

Sure is nice to be able to dump at home instead of in some questionable public dump.

X2. Just wished I'd put it six foot closer to where the RV is parked.
jmcgsd
Explorer
Oct 02, 2015
My dump ends with the same pipe as a sewer clean out capped by a regular rubber sewer cap, nothing fancy. Has served me well since being installed about five years ago. As you probably know, add a trap to keep odor from escaping.

Sure is nice to be able to dump at home instead of in some questionable public dump.

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