Driving over septic ?

[Dmace]

Leach fields leach down into the ground. That is why you do a perc test. Walking around on the grass over a leach field with golf spikes is nonsense.

Obviously the golf spikes thing was a joke. I have yet to find any smileys to put into the text. The reason you do a perc test is to prove to the state that your bed bottom of the system is a minimum distance above the Seasonal High Water Table and that the soils surrounding the system will allow the leach bed to drain fast enough and at the same time not too fast. But then again, what do I know I only design and install them. :insert smiley rolling eyes here:
Go ahead and drive over your system, it's the thick headed fools that keep me in business designing/installing replacement systems.

 

[rameye]

Dmace,

Since your a NH septic designer I have NH septic quick question....

My septic was recently installed and I'm just doing my landscaping. Can I cover the fields with top soil and plant grass?? If I do should I use a geotextile fabric to stop the soil from leaching into the sand cap covering the fields?

Sorry for any hijacking

 

[Dmace]

Hey rameye, by NHDES rules. You need to have a minimum of 2" loam and seed on top and all sides (if raised system) to slow the headspeed of runoff and to prevent it from washing away the fill. Once loamed and seeded. I usually lay down hay or geotextile fabric to allow the seed to grow. Especially with this crazy rainfall we have been getting.

 

[rameye]

Jeez...guess I better get her covered up, still working on the final grade...

Thanks for the reply..I was worried that the loam would sink into the sandcap and perc into the fields and jamm things up.

Yep I'm down here in Stoddard, we had our big fun in October with the rain..had coffee and saw the aerial view of my house on CNN!

thanks for the reply...

 

[scott_vt]

Obviously the golf spikes thing was a joke. I have yet to find any smileys to put into the text.

Mornin Dmace,
Go to User CP, and then click on edit options, scroll down to the bottom, misc options for your smiley face characters

 

[Soundguy]

Obviously the golf spikes thing was a joke. I have yet to find any smileys to put into the text. The reason you do a perc test is to prove to the state that your bed bottom of the system is a minimum distance above the Seasonal High Water Table and that the soils surrounding the system will allow the leach bed to drain fast enough and at the same time not too fast. But then again, what do I know I only design and install them. :insert smiley rolling eyes here:
Go ahead and drive over your system, it's the thick headed fools that keep me in business designing/installing replacement systems.

I have a semi industrial system.. it's leac filed is some 6-8' deep.. Luckilly florida has great soil for this sort of thing.. well.. not the costal and wet areas.. but central parts o fthe state anyway..

Soundguy

 

[Dmace]

I have a semi industrial system.. it's leac filed is some 6-8' deep.. Luckilly florida has great soil for this sort of thing.. well.. not the costal and wet areas.. but central parts o fthe state anyway..

Soundguy

I am amazed that they didn't hit water that deep. Florida is pretty flat and close to sea level. Are you at a higher than normal elev. or just sitting on some bedrock ?

Scott, Thanks for the heads up on the smilies

 

[N80]

I mow my drain field with a Kubota L4400 once a year. After that I push mow it. I do not drive over the tank. The horse farm where my daughter's horse resides recently had a small tractor (Ford something) drop its rear wheel through the tank lid. Big mess. Was the lid old? Defective? I don't know, but I don't know much about mine either. Why risk it? It does't take two minutes to cut the grass over the tank lid with a push mower or weed eater.

 

[Soundguy]

I am amazed that they didn't hit water that deep. Florida is pretty flat and close to sea level. Are you at a higher than normal elev. or just sitting on some bedrock ?

Scott, Thanks for the heads up on the smilies

We are plain center of the state.. and perhaps 10' higher than our neighbors closer tot he coast.. ( who have water in the ditches year round... )

Soundguy

 

[Hooked_on_HP]

The reason You shouldn't drive over your tank is that the gasses from the waste breaking down rises and slowly eats away at the concrete lid. Four years ago I had to replace my tank because the top deteriated and colapsed.