SEPTIC SYSTEM HELP

Will_C · Dec 6, 2004

frank_f-15; I don't lnow if you have found your problem yet, but here is an idea. Have you pulled and cleaned the Zabel filter? I pull and clean mine twice a year, usually just some light waste on it. The Zabel filter will cause a system to act plugged more quickly, but they are good at keeping the solids out of the leach field or sand filter.
Pumpimg would be a good idea, but three years seems to be quick for just you and your wife.
Good Luck,
Will

frank_f15 · Dec 6, 2004

septic fixed!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif started out early used the B2400 to dig off sod and 1st 6 or 8 " of soil , dug the rest by hand (this was at the cleanout on the inlet side of the tank) the water was 5 or 6 " BELOW THE INLET PIPE. TANK LOOKED GREAT. SO DUG OUT MY HEAVY DUTY SNAKE AND SNAKE THE DEVIL OUT OF THE LINE FROM HOUSE TO TANK, but there was nothing there and toilet still did not flush right. ended up pulling the toilet and that was the problem, obstruction at outlet of toilet, new wax seal and new toilet bolts, and worked like a champ. took an hour just to put all the tools, hoses, snakes, hand tools and shop vac away.. only thing not done is pushing the dirt back, but i might dig up the other cleanout to clean ZABEL filter and if i do that (weather permitting) as long as it is dug up and opened i might have it pumped. I talked to a septic guy today and he said that a new system with 1500 gal. tank and only two peiople in the house it shoud go 6 to 8 years without pumping, also got the same info from a few other sites with charts. i don't think i will stretch it that long. SORRY agin for the long post , but feel it is important to let all the helpful folks know of the final solution and it might help somone else. Took 7 hours, digging , working , fixing, running to store for parts, clean up and i am MOST CERTAINLY TO OLD FOR THIS CRAP (NO PUN INTENED)

Junkman · Dec 6, 2004

Invest in one of those J shaped toilet snakes. Saves a lot of time and effort to clear clogs. Insert it into the bottom of the toilet and then push the handle down about 3 feet. Crank a few times and it will dislodge and chew up any normal waste that is in the pipe. If you have kids that put toys, etc in the toilet, then the only way is to remove toilet and remove obstacle. I used to manage a 80 unit apartment complex 35 years ago and never once did I need to call the plumber. We didn't have children living in there, but we did have women that think a toilet can handle almost anything that they could put into it like a garbage disposal. The first clog was free, then after that, if they clogged the toilet in the next 3 months, it cost them $25 to have it cleared. Almost all learned after the second time.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

LBrown59 · Jan 4, 2005

( The first clog was free, then after that, if they clogged the toilet in the next 3 months, it cost them $25 to have it cleared. Almost all learned after the second time.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

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That's the way ya gotta do it cause the only thing some tenants understand is their pocket book.

LBrown59 · Jan 4, 2005

PS:
I had to start doing the same with water faucets.
Got tired of replacing new ones with in a month or two.

The first repair or replacement was free. Any thing after that was on their nickel for the next year.

Junkman · Jan 4, 2005

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That's the way ya gotta do it cause the only thing some tenants understand is their pocket book. )

Too bad that we can't fine new members $25 each time they dredge up a old post and respond to it, but don't add anything meaningful to the post. Seems like you are just trying to bolster your posting number with worthless dribble. I would think by now, you would have learned how to use the forums properly and not to make meaningless posts./forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

LBrown59 · Jan 17, 2005

( Also said that the best systems today have two leach fields. When I built my home, I had to set aside a section of the back yard as a reserve septic field in the event that the original one failed. I only wish that the technology that is available today to do this was available then. I would have installed two fields, because today the cost is probably 5 times as much. )

The best system is no leach bead.
I don't have a leach field on mine and it works fine that way?
I don't want one on it and certainly not 2 of them to screw it up twice as much.