When our septic system was installed they didn't do a very good job of grading over the laterals. It's rough as a cob to mow over. Is there any harm in smoothing this out with my boxblade, then harrowing and reseeding the bare spots?
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rancar
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Grant,
<font color=blue>"...they didn't do a very good job of grading over the laterals"</font color=blue>
Do you mean the area over the septic tank, the area over the leach field, or area over drywell? In any of these cases, there should be no problem in lightly grading over for reseeding. All these septic components are buried at least 1-2 feet (or they should be if properly installed) below the surface and I don't see what harm you can do by boxblading and reseeding. Hope this helps.
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Bob Ancar
Cambridge, NY
<font color=blue>"...they didn't do a very good job of grading over the laterals"</font color=blue>
Do you mean the area over the septic tank, the area over the leach field, or area over drywell? In any of these cases, there should be no problem in lightly grading over for reseeding. All these septic components are buried at least 1-2 feet (or they should be if properly installed) below the surface and I don't see what harm you can do by boxblading and reseeding. Hope this helps.
Regards,
Bob Ancar
Cambridge, NY
Grant, I've been over the span of the last 2-3 years gradually adding topsoil from various projects to the low areas in our "field" . We have had several trees either uproot from storms or another 3-4 that have died and I fill in the holes there too.
We have a low preasure system and 8 lines running along a gentle slope. Several houses will be going in around our area in the next few years and I plan on getting their topsoil from the lot clearing to build-up our depth from the 25" to hopefully 30"+.
gary
We have a low preasure system and 8 lines running along a gentle slope. Several houses will be going in around our area in the next few years and I plan on getting their topsoil from the lot clearing to build-up our depth from the 25" to hopefully 30"+.
gary
cedarranch
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When the builders installed the one at my house in 97 they left the area lower than the rest of the hard. Every time it rains I have a pond until it all soaks in. I am in the process now of adding 2-3 feet of dirt to raise the grade so that the water will flow properly and not puddle.
You should have no problems just grading over the high spots.
You should have no problems just grading over the high spots.
Argee
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The only thing you want to be careful of, is compressing any of the runs in your leach field with the concentrated weight of your tractor tire. Damage can be undone, but it takes a lot of work and mess and, oh yeah, the smell./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Grant - Same problem. Doing the same thing. Maybe contact your local health department to be sure they don't have any "issues." If it's rough enough where you have standing water, you definitely want to resolve that.
patrickg
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My septic installer said to only tractor over the leach field at right angles to the runs to avoid excessive compaction. This was in response to my asking about tilling/seeding. He said only till a couple inches and at rt angles to lateral lines.
Patrick
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