grading , compacting ,leveling and soil moisture.

[david43a]

I am in a Civil Engineer Squadron in the Air Force. I am not a degreed Civil Engineer though , just a Plumber. Thanks for the warnings on the septic system. I have cut into the bank and some water is seeping out I believe where my leech field is I have a penciled drawing of the leach field that was on file with the County. looking at the bottom of my lot from the top it slopes down and to the right. I hope the contractor leveled my leach field ? I have owned the home for two years and I have had no problems with the septic system. I mentioned that I would like to build a garage/ barn that I could convert into a home hopefully in the future. My neighbor across form me has two acres and he has been trying to split it into four 1/2 acre lots so he can build three more homes. If he gets permission to do this He will have to connect to the sewer. He would have to bring the sewer up two hundred yards up a private paved road. If he is able to do this it would make it less expensive for me to connect to the sewer. [ of course I would have to be annexed to the city first. Than try and get permission to connect to the sewer] . I am in the county but my neighbors below me are in the city. If I build the garge I will get it permitted and over build it. I am doing the grading and leveling a little at a time. I hope I do not attract attention form the city or county. I want to do it myself .
thanks for the input David.

 

[Soundguy]

I would hope your contractor did.. and I would hope the county inspector inspected it too...

Small world... I'm finally seeing CE's and related fields here...

Soundguy

 

[Currmudgeon]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( He would have to bring the sewer up two hundred yards up a private paved road. If he is able to do this it would make it less expensive for me to connect to the sewer. [ of course I would have to be annexed to the city first. Than try and get permission to connect to the sewer] )</font>

A public sewer is always better than a septic tank, IMO. But paying for it may not be.

Often, when a developer puts in a sewer on a public road to get to their development, they have a recapture agreement with the municipality. If you want to connect to that sewer, you get assessed a pro-rata share of the cost of the original sewer. That way, the developer can recapture some of his expense. The terms differ with each individual sewer, so you'll want to know the terms before you sign up.

Usually, there is no problem in connecting, because they want your bucks. Usually, the connection, between the public sewer and your property line, must be made by a licensed sewer contractor. Then a licensed plumber can take it from your property line to your house. Those may or may not be the same contractor. Different construction codes apply for sewers and for plumbing.

 

[david43a]

I am a Licened Plumbing Contractor. I don't know much about septic systems and I don't know if I could legally work on them. Also I don't know if I could dig up the street to tie into the sewer Sometimes you can post a lagre bond to work in the street and some times they require a gereral or engineering contractor. Once the sewer is stubbed into my property and I have payed the appropiate fees. I could take it form there and run it up to my home. I don't know what the fees would be , I should ask the city for current prices. If I could not connect to the sewer from our private road there is the possibly of getting an easement form one of the four neighbors below me who's property butts up to my fence ?
I think I have months of tractor work left and than I will work on the best location for the garge/barn ? Anyways I am enjoying myself playing with my tractor and attachments. Thanks for the advice David