LBrown59
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Leech Field Collapse-Repair Help
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I went with the envirochamber and never looked back. Much easier to install works waaaaaayyyyy better then pipe and rock/gravel, cost equals out to about the same by the time you figure in rock and time. Nice thing is if you have a heavy rain season the chamber acts as a holding tank until things get a chance to dry out. I'm planing on doing another septic on other property, Unless something better falls from the sky I'd never sway from the envirochamber. Infact that's all most of the dirt diggers(septic installers) are using around here
dave1949
Super Star Member
That's what the certified planner specified for my system in 2006, so I went with it :laughing: No choice, really. So far, so good. They are probably a bit more sensitive to heavy loads passing over them than the drainage pipe systems, I sure wouldn't run over mine with my tractor. 50" rider is no problem.
How would you get to the outlet to install a filter? On mine the pumpout is in the middle of the tank, I'd have to pump it out then get down in there to add any kind of filter. YuckDoes your septic tank have a filter on the outlet. If not consider installing one to catch inorganic fibres.
muddstopper
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My experience with the inspectors suggest that what they dont know wont hurt them. Seems everytime they get involved with something, they just find ways to charge fees, give expensive solutions, and dont really help the problem. Find someone that has plenty of experience with septic systems and follow their advice. It will probably work better than an inspectors advice and cost less to boot.
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ben2go
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Thanks for the guidance.I have a found a guy that says he can save the drain lines to the leach fields.He was on a job,so I didn't bother questioning him to much on the subject.Now it's just coming up with the funds to cover his labor.In the mean time,I am going to be digging the tank out and the lines where they exit the tank.They are only 16 inches below grade so I'll have them out in an hour or so.I know where everything is located from the other dig outs.
I had my sewer system back up in the house and was told by a a company that I would need a new leach field because it had failed. The charge for a new one was going to be around $3,500. As it turned out after digging around abit with a backhoe, it was the diverter box that had failed. Cost $100. The leach field was fine and is still in use. The diverter box is in between the septic tank and the field. usually no more than 15' from the tank. Out here in Cal. a small earth quake knock them out of plumb and cause problems.
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MotorSeven
Elite Member
If it were mine, I would have him run all new drain field lines in a different location/direction from the old ones and pumping the tank clean. Any kind of a band-aid repair just won't last long if the old lines are failing.
Egon
Epic Contributor
Seeing as lines at the tank are being exposed can the ends of the leach field also be exposed? Then holes could be cut into the pipe and a garden hose run down the pipe. Might locate a blockage. Checking the lower end of the field system may also be considered.
Seeing as lines at the tank are being exposed can the ends of the leach field also be exposed? Then holes could be cut into the pipe and a garden hose run down the pipe. Might locate a blockage. Checking the lower end of the field system may also be considered.
That is one of the things I did before I found out it was the diverter box.