dave1949
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That was a good find. Maybe the pipe was sort of forced into position when it was originally installed, then the heaving allowed it to try and straighten itself. Like a spring under tension.
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That was a good find. Maybe the pipe was sort of forced into position when it was originally installed, then the heaving allowed it to try and straighten itself. Like a spring under tension.
Dave.
CurlyDave
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Was 250 the cost or the time you finished it?
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Another don't on septic tanks...Powdered laundry detergent. It re-solidifies. That happened at my last house. When they razor snaked it, white powder was flying everywhere. The honeydipper said that is common with powder detergent and don't use it.
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sorry 2:50 was the time. I did find two baby socks, (our old washer was famous for eating clothes), but then i found a lot of lint. our new front loader cleans really good , maby too good. It seems like every piece of baby clothing is fuzzy and i would imagine that helpled out too. Now that i fixed it my buddies have an endless supply of
S### jokes, guess it hit the fan?, boy that was a S### day, etc it will go on until one of my friends earns the joke.
but all in all i was glad to win one, my other friend had some dead trees dropped at his property. well his brother dropped on right on the exposed tank like, that was only 35 dollars for a new lid but when they came up to measure they saw the airator was not working so now he has a 750 dollar bill.
I did hear that using powdered detergent was not good, a lot of plastic in it, along with using bleach in the toilets kills the eaters in the tank. Thanks all for the advice hopefully it wil help someone else.
S### jokes, guess it hit the fan?, boy that was a S### day, etc it will go on until one of my friends earns the joke.
but all in all i was glad to win one, my other friend had some dead trees dropped at his property. well his brother dropped on right on the exposed tank like, that was only 35 dollars for a new lid but when they came up to measure they saw the airator was not working so now he has a 750 dollar bill.
I did hear that using powdered detergent was not good, a lot of plastic in it, along with using bleach in the toilets kills the eaters in the tank. Thanks all for the advice hopefully it wil help someone else.
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forgeblast:
You might want to look into draining the washer into a tub through a screen then into the septic. Ya lots of people have a stand pipe to drain into only. you can install a sink basin between the stand pipe and the washer, with a front load there is not a lot of volume of water to FLUSH stuff all way down and will not overfill a wash basin if it starts to drain slower.
We use old pair of pantyhose and or tights form the girls as a filter on end of the washer. it fills up with hair dog hair and or lint in about 6 months and we simply toss them and replace with a new pair, you can also get a poly/nylon screen filter bag that goes over the end of the washer hose. these are similar as the old pantyhose trick but have larger holes and are much smaller so they clog faster and or dont catch as much stuff. We HAD same stand pipe only I replaced it with a washbasin and added lines to have the wash basin actually provide extra water for bucket hand washing ect. very easy to do. I used the lags provided on the fiberglass/plastic washbasin, I think they like 60 or so bucks? cant remember, one I used was a freebie
with fixtures and all Out floor drain (shared washer and kitchen drain) would clog about every 4~8 weeks and needed snaked out until I added the basin & trap of tights/pantyhose... It still needs it every now and again, I bought one of the "Drain Tornadoes" that attach to the hose, and use hot water tank drain spigot to flush the floor line out, works like a champ.... It was harbor freight 5 buck special, (had been using one of the balloon type water jets and spring steel snake.) the drain tornado has cut the cleaning/snaking requirements down by 3 fold..
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You might want to look into draining the washer into a tub through a screen then into the septic. Ya lots of people have a stand pipe to drain into only. you can install a sink basin between the stand pipe and the washer, with a front load there is not a lot of volume of water to FLUSH stuff all way down and will not overfill a wash basin if it starts to drain slower.
We use old pair of pantyhose and or tights form the girls as a filter on end of the washer. it fills up with hair dog hair and or lint in about 6 months and we simply toss them and replace with a new pair, you can also get a poly/nylon screen filter bag that goes over the end of the washer hose. these are similar as the old pantyhose trick but have larger holes and are much smaller so they clog faster and or dont catch as much stuff. We HAD same stand pipe only I replaced it with a washbasin and added lines to have the wash basin actually provide extra water for bucket hand washing ect. very easy to do. I used the lags provided on the fiberglass/plastic washbasin, I think they like 60 or so bucks? cant remember, one I used was a freebie
with fixtures and all Out floor drain (shared washer and kitchen drain) would clog about every 4~8 weeks and needed snaked out until I added the basin & trap of tights/pantyhose... It still needs it every now and again, I bought one of the "Drain Tornadoes" that attach to the hose, and use hot water tank drain spigot to flush the floor line out, works like a champ.... It was harbor freight 5 buck special, (had been using one of the balloon type water jets and spring steel snake.) the drain tornado has cut the cleaning/snaking requirements down by 3 fold.. Mark
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If you suspect a soft clog in a line, I've found the expanding rubber nozzle type drain cleaners to be very effective. You can put them onto a garden hose and snake it down your cleanout and then turn the water on. The rubber bladder expands to plug your pipe and then a jet of water comes out the end. It will pressurize you line to your garden hose's pressure and normally clear any soft plug you may have. If you have a broken/offset sewer line, this type of nozzle will supply enough water under pressure to often reveal a wet puddle wherever the brake is. I learned about these while owning a small mobile home park and found them indispensible. They won't do anything for tree roots, but the occasional soft clog can be cleared easily.
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Filtrol-160 Septic Protector Washing Machine Laundry Filter FREE Shipping & FREE Extra Bag - Septic Solutions, Inc.
Those are the filters I put on my machines. They catch lots of junk. Kind of expensive but in the long run, cheaper than a new field.
Those are the filters I put on my machines. They catch lots of junk. Kind of expensive but in the long run, cheaper than a new field.
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forgeblast
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Thanks for those hints pirate and spiker i will look in to those. It makes sense to catch it before it gets caught and clogged.
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We use those also, I have a couple dif sizes. had ok success with them for clearing blockages. But what we find them most useful for, is with that weird pulsating sound they emit, it makes it easy to locate pipe underground or under slabs, for when there is the more serious offset/broken pipe to repair.
As far as what not to put into septic, I had to hook up an existing 4 truck bay garage to city sewer, the shop had been on septic for 40+ years. After uncovering tank and pumping, at first there was the typical unpleasant septic smell but after it was pumped there was an overpowering petro/oil type smell, with a thick petro sludge on the bottom of the tank. We figured it was just from the mechanics washing there hands everyday, the accumulation of that little bit of grease real added up over the years.
Forgeblast, glad to hear everything is flowing in the right direction again, We've all been thru that and know your world kinda comes to a halt when you can't use your toilet, takes top priority til it's fixed.
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Forgeblast, glad to hear everything is flowing in the right direction again, We've all been thru that and know your world kinda comes to a halt when you can't use your toilet, takes top priority til it's fixed.
your not kidding, i finally was able to do laundry, take a long shower, run the dishwasher, and clean, really clean the basement. We have a freezing rain now, so i wont be able to fill in the holes i dug in the yard until it thaws a bit.
One thing i was happy about was when i dry walled the basment i made sure to put in cutouts for the pipes and i was able to take the small plastic panels off the wall and get into clean any pipe i needed to.
How to Make a Lint Trap for your Washing Machine | eHow.com
shows how to make a cheap laundry lint trap.
your not kidding, i finally was able to do laundry, take a long shower, run the dishwasher, and clean, really clean the basement. We have a freezing rain now, so i wont be able to fill in the holes i dug in the yard until it thaws a bit.
One thing i was happy about was when i dry walled the basment i made sure to put in cutouts for the pipes and i was able to take the small plastic panels off the wall and get into clean any pipe i needed to.
How to Make a Lint Trap for your Washing Machine | eHow.com
shows how to make a cheap laundry lint trap.
