Anyone here install their own septic

[4570Man]

I would absolutely recommend a concrete tank over the plastic type.
In some areas you can buy a concrete tank with a "Heavy top".
This is a good idea, if the tank is somewhere in your yard where you might occasionally drive a CUT or a car over it.
In a normal drive over area, you need a HEAVY tank, for delivery type trucks.

Plus they’re cheaper at least here and they stay in the ground better. A plastic one needs to be 100 percent full to not float out. The only advantage of a plastic one is they can be set with small equipment when it’s not possible to get the crane trucks into place. Also a plastic one isn’t approved for a pump tank. That might not be code everywhere but the same problem applies everywhere.

 

[1930]

Call some one to come out and give you an estimate. They'll usually tell you what they're going to do. Pay them for the time spent. Now a days a lot of guys are using plastic septic tanks. I know that sucks.
I stopped at the concrete place the other day. They usually make the concrete tanks. They still do. But they had a whole bunch of plastic ones, too.

Pooh runs down hill a 1/4 inch per foot. Also how many bedrooms will you have?

I have a guy that was recommended coming out either tomm evening or over the weekend to talk about him doing the install. He is supposed to be reliable and of course licensed. He gave my friend a good price for his system and if Im in that range Ill let him do mine as well.

Ill report back when I know more

 

[4570Man]

Personally I wouldn’t put it in until the house was done or close to it. It makes it harder to work with other equipment plus the possibility of damaging something

 

[1930]

Personally I wouldn’t put it in until the house was done or close to it. It makes it harder to work with other equipment plus the possibility of damaging something

Location will be no where near where anyone will be working, its on a sloped area, also I may still put a mobile home on property first and that requires a septic

 

[Jstpssng]

No permit, perk test, enforcement officer or engineer drawing here. All those are just for control and money grab. Everybody wants a piece of the pie. I installed mine 22 years ago this month. I did everything. It's been pumped once. The field is a 40' closed H pattern. I can tell it's still working during the summer months--The grass is green over the field.

Ran my own water from the meter (1200'), well (800') and power lines from my poles too (100',100', 300').

And, while we're at it; Put in my own 1400' driveway and property fencing. This ain't no lot in the city, you know.

One reason for tests and permits is to ensure you don't pollute your neighbor's well.

 

[Tinhack]

Location will be no where near where anyone will be working, its on a sloped area, also I may still put a mobile home on property first and that requires a septic

The further away from the house, the deeper the tank and field needs to be to maintain the input/output slope and level field. You really do need to know where the house and/or mobile home will be. Do that first then put in the tank and field. Or you will have turds coming out of your toilets, as Fried1765 so eloquently put.

 

[1930]

The further away from the house, the deeper the tank and field needs to be to maintain the input/output slope and level field. You really do need to know where the house and/or mobile home will be. Do that first then put in the tank and field. Or you will have turds coming out of your toilets, as Fried1765 so eloquently put.

I do know where the house will be, the house sits on the top of a slope, the septic will be at the bottom of this slope, my concern is that the septic will be too far downhill. I really need to meet this installer this weekend, he will be able to put alot of my questions to rest.

 

[Jstpssng]

Your other option is to find a good place for the septic, then plan your house accordingly. It's a lot easier to put a foundation on a slope than it is to level that slope for your septic.

 

[Tinhack]

One reason for tests and permits is to ensure you don't pollute your neighbor's well.

There's enough space. This is Texas, FGS! :laughing:

I live in a county that had about 30,000 residents spread over 1236 square miles at the time I built here. Those departments didn't even exist back then. The only people I had to call was a toll free number to check for oil and gas pipes.

 

[Tinhack]

I do know where the house will be, the house sits on the top of a slope, the septic will be at the bottom of this slope, my concern is that the septic will be too far downhill. I really need to meet this installer this weekend, he will be able to put alot of my questions to rest.

Yeah, that's not going to work. But you didn't say how much slope. There's typically a minimum and maximum slope for sewer pipe. Last I checked it was 1/4" and 1/2", respectively, per foot!

I would put the tank up top near the house and step the drain field down the slope. By stepped, I mean drain field laterals about every 10 or so feet down the slope and perpendicular to the output pipe. You would need a collection box at each step so the liquid just doesn't run to the bottom.