Installing a clean out at home
I’m having a slab and hookups put in my side yard for RV parking. The clean out will tap into the sewer system from my property in CA. I want to make sure the Contractor is doing it right, so asking...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:WTP-GC wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
I have literally 125' of 3" pipe from my threaded opening to septic tank and I dump 100 gallons or more at a time FULL BORE at my RV pad with several years of Summer use with ZERO issues.
^^Exactly
A properly functioning septic tank is always full of water up to the bottom of the drain field piping. The drain field consists of no less than 3" pipe, and if it's a traditional system, probably multiple runs of 3" pipe between 100 and 200 lineal feet. 100 feet of 3" pipe will hold about 30 gallons. If the drain field is percolating correctly, you will have no issue at all.
My comment was directed at how well the 3” drain pipe works for my RV dump.
My drain field is all perforated 4” pipe.
Dumping 100 gallons thru a 3 inch pipe would take a little longer than if the pipe was 4 inches. But what happens when that 3 inch stream hits the tank? A 100 feet of 4 inch pipe will be half full of what was the top water of the tank. Around here, this year, that could make a yard look like a spring.
