wasabi
Platinum Member
Well, having met with the inspectors, I've got the permit and specs on the way for putting in a new septic for our to-be-built mountain place. In our NC county, the septic permit has to precede the building permit. From discussions I gather we'll need a 1500 gal tank, (to be delivered and dropped into the suitable to-be-dug hole) and the field will need to have six fingers with a total of 540 lin ft with some sort of diaper-fabric-like-covered 12 od perf pipe (haven't seen it yet), but no gravel. The inspectors had no problem at all with the idea of us doing the work.
Despite the (potentially considerable) challenge of getting the finger trenches and pipe level within tolerances, I'm thinking of tackling this with the PT 2445 backhoe, gaining some experience and saving some serious money, albeit at a price of my time...but, I've not done any serious digging yet.....(and have to fix a leaking hyd cylinder first)...
The site is sloping, but not too dramatically....there are some trees, none too large, some scrub, not too many rocks of any size. Seems like a good project to cut my newbie (backhoe) teeth into....We're not in a great rush, but don't want this to turn into a career job, either
Any ideas on how long a project of this scope "should" take? Guidance or opinions welcome.
Despite the (potentially considerable) challenge of getting the finger trenches and pipe level within tolerances, I'm thinking of tackling this with the PT 2445 backhoe, gaining some experience and saving some serious money, albeit at a price of my time...but, I've not done any serious digging yet.....(and have to fix a leaking hyd cylinder first)...
The site is sloping, but not too dramatically....there are some trees, none too large, some scrub, not too many rocks of any size. Seems like a good project to cut my newbie (backhoe) teeth into....We're not in a great rush, but don't want this to turn into a career job, either
Any ideas on how long a project of this scope "should" take? Guidance or opinions welcome.