- Jul 29, 2014
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Alright so on my way to the mailbox a couple of weeks back I noticed water bubbling up around our paver pathway leading to the front door. This caught my attention because as I was walking I was thinking of the new landscaping layout that we are about to have started along with replacing the pavers in that area of the house.....Now this water wasn't untreated sewage but rather was graywater discharge downline from the septic tanks.
So the next day I began to start prodding the area with a metal rod and again in the same area graywater began to spew out of the ground. So out came the trenching shovel and I began tracing the discharge pipe from the 2nd tank toward drain field which lies under the paver area and part of the lawn in front of the house. I'm thinking the pipe was cracked by the tree roots which are close to the drainfield area....negative.....the pipe made a sharp left and went into the opposite direction of the leak....my senses tell me the drain field is shot. Call the septic company and they agree so I ask for a quote for a new drain field.....$8,650 for a new 800sqft drain field installed with permits and all.....My question is the size? Is 800sqft big enough for the house? Don't get me wrong, I'm doing backflips over the price(I was expecting $15K or so)
Also as I'm typing this I beginning to think about another option which would be to rent a trencher, buy about 250 feet of 1.5 inch PVC pipe, connect it to the 2nd tank discharge line and run it around the side of the house and out to the lake where I dump my used motor oil and carcasses from the dead nuisance squirrels and rats that chew my garbage cans and get into my cottage....
So the next day I began to start prodding the area with a metal rod and again in the same area graywater began to spew out of the ground. So out came the trenching shovel and I began tracing the discharge pipe from the 2nd tank toward drain field which lies under the paver area and part of the lawn in front of the house. I'm thinking the pipe was cracked by the tree roots which are close to the drainfield area....negative.....the pipe made a sharp left and went into the opposite direction of the leak....my senses tell me the drain field is shot. Call the septic company and they agree so I ask for a quote for a new drain field.....$8,650 for a new 800sqft drain field installed with permits and all.....My question is the size? Is 800sqft big enough for the house? Don't get me wrong, I'm doing backflips over the price(I was expecting $15K or so)
Also as I'm typing this I beginning to think about another option which would be to rent a trencher, buy about 250 feet of 1.5 inch PVC pipe, connect it to the 2nd tank discharge line and run it around the side of the house and out to the lake where I dump my used motor oil and carcasses from the dead nuisance squirrels and rats that chew my garbage cans and get into my cottage....