New Septic Tank Cracked

[philgreen]

WVBill has it right. Start with the installer, let him talk with his tank supplier. That is not an arguement you want to have.

If you have not already cut a check, hold on to it until somebody repaces that tank. Concrete tank suppliers do a volume business, one tank shouldn't kill them. Your installer, if he is any good, should want to make this right.

My two cents...

Phil

 

[schmism]

my concrete tank is like 4" thick. unlikely it cracked from ground pressures and was likely cracked due to poor handling/manufacturing before it was set.

 

[Lasgambler]

The tanks we install here in Arizona are rectangler shaped. We have a choice of one peice or two peice tanks. They are about 4 inches thick.

We are required to fill with water after partial back fill and before inspection.

Was your tank filled with water before the storm? Terry

 

[LBrown59]

We are required to fill with water after partial back fill and before inspection.

That's to keep em from floating.

WVBill has it right. Start with the installer, let him talk with his tank supplier. That is not an arguement you want to have.

If you have not already cut a check, hold on to it until somebody repaces that tank. Concrete tank suppliers do a volume business, one tank shouldn't kill them. Your installer, if he is any good, should want to make this right.

*My two cents...

Phil

*I'l chip in another 2 cents.

 

[Lasgambler]

That's to keep em from floating.

LBrown59 That is true that they could float out of the ground. It would be possible for that to happen here during Monsoon Season. We get all our rain at once then none for the rest of the year. I agree with you on this point and get a big kick out of thinking of it floating out of the ground in the desert. Alot of the time I wish I had to worry about that.

The counties take is to make sure the tank is not in the condition as the one that started this thread and will hold poo.
Terry

 

[Ranger Rick]

That's to keep em from floating.

LBrown59 That is true that they could float out of the ground. It would be possible for that to happen here during Monsoon Season. We get all our rain at once then none for the rest of the year. I agree with you on this point and get a big kick out of thinking of it floating out of the ground in the desert. Alot of the time I wish I had to worry about that.
Terry

Stranger things could happen. One wet spring we were pumping out a big concrete swimming pool that was on top of a big hill. Well the crew went to lunch with the pumps running and when they came back and the swimming pool had floated out of the ground about a foot. They had tear the hole thing out to fix it. I can still hear the bosses saying fill it back up may be it will go back in the ground. LOL Sorry to get off the subject Rick

 

[MarkV]

I was wondering if it had any water in it also. The last one I had put in was plastic and you had to fill it with a foot of water, then a foot of backfill over and over to balance the pressure on the tank.

Either way it sounds like an installer or manufacture problem.

MarkV

 

[rutwad]

We did not fill it with water, but the lids were open.

Tank supplier agreed to replace. Looks like it was a bad mix of concrete.
Thanks for the input.

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Cra&&y concrete in a septic tank? Now that is funny

 

[JoelD]

Great to hear it all worked out.

Joel