In looking at tank design it appears the inlet should be a little higher in the tank (drum) than the outlet and a "T" on the pipes may be a good idea. (google "septic tank design") Only difference would be in capacity.
Going to do the septic system on the home. Going with the infiltrator chamber system and a 2,000 GAL concrete (two chamber) tank. Should I go with a Distribution Box or the installer offered an alternative that doesn't use a D-Box but just feeds directly into the leach fields first line? I am...
The RV was about 75' from the septic tank, so the guy who installed the original system installed a 50 gallon underground tank with a macerator pump and a 2" line to the original septic system. Of course you'd have to wire the electric power for the pump, but it worked well for them.
I had the septic pumped today and I asked the guy about the location of the leech field. I have a L3130 with calcium filled tires, loader and backhoe and I figure it's around 6000 pounds. I've always been concerned about that weight and what damage it might do to the leech field. The tank...
Tank size does not affect that -- once the tank fills up, the flow rate out to the drainfield is the same as the flow rate in from the household. Every flush into the tank is going to push an equivalent amount of liquid out into the drainfield, no matter how big or small the tank is. / Which Septic Tank?
Is it feasible to have two inlet drains enter a septic tank? I'm helping a friend plumb a house basically from scratch. It's an old house that's been added onto a couple times, and it would be much easier to have two drains exit the house and each go straight to the septic. We're replacing...
My belief is that the septic drain field must be aerobic, i.e., enough oxygen from the air for oxygen breathing bacteria to work on the waste. The tank itself is anerobic, and contains a different type of bacteria.
I have a small (500 gal) septic tank servicing a little guest room and am adding a graywater perforated drainpipe/field horizontally off the tank. On the side of the tank is a cylindrical cowling or flange (collar ?) that protrudes out from the side of the tank wall maybe 3 inches. It is...
New septic and leach line: Infiltrators vs pipe /poly tank vs concrete ...
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