Septic System - Infiltrator System

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Well - I can see that when you are out of the field for a few years(such as I've been) technology will make giant leaps. That Polyloc D box looks like a really slick unit. Sure would beat trying to handle the installation of any concrete unit.

Yeah, the plastic is great. I did mine a couple of years ago. The original concrete box was busted up with roots. Took it out and replaced it with a rectangular box with more outlets than I needed. Ran 4" PVC out one of the spares up to the surface, and capped it with a cleanout flush to the surface. Now I can inspect or add chemicals, whatever.

 

[Billrog]

Defiantly I like them to be above ground where you can see them and remind you where the tank is so you don't drive over the tank as well.

 

[Pettrix]

Is it OK to put a plastic landscape irrigation box OVER the concrete D-Box?



I want to be able to access the D-box without having to dig in dirt to uncover it. So I was thinking of placing a plastic landscape irrigation access box over it and that will give me easy access later on.

 

[hawkeye08]

Is it OK to put a plastic landscape irrigation box OVER the concrete D-Box?

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I want to be able to access the D-box without having to dig in dirt to uncover it. So I was thinking of placing a plastic landscape irrigation access box over it and that will give me easy access later on.

I would be concerned with freezing here with that box unless I packed some insulation in. The standpipe that is buried 4' from septic tank to d-box froze where it came up to the d-box (d-box only 12" or so below surface). We dug down and drilled a small hole in pipe and then put drain rock in, no more freezing (that was 23 years ago).

 

[Billrog]

I see no reason why the irrigation box wouldn't do the trick. I often put risers on the D boxes for easy access.
Mine is at the surface and has never froze. The only time I can see that being a problem would be if the field was backing up so the effluent was above the distribution pipes.

 

[Pettrix]

I added the landscape fabric and the fields were covered over today. Project is complete!

 

[TomSeller]

I added the landscape fabric and the fields were covered over today. Project is complete!

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That is the last time you will ever see it, as good of a job as you did with it. Nice work!

 

[Pettrix]

That is the last time you will ever see it, as good of a job as you did with it. Nice work!

Thanks!

Any job I do, I do it right and I do it once.

This system will outlast/outlive me and the next family who owns the lot will be thankful that I designed and built such a system. It's like the old quality craftsman homes that were built with quality that last 100+ years.

In Europe many homes (those not destroyed during WWII) have passed onto generations. They are mainly masonry/concrete homes and they last forever. Nothing to rot out. Guess what kind of home I will be building?

 

[dfkrug]

This system will outlast/outlive me and the next family who owns the lot will be thankful that I designed and built such a system. It's like the old quality craftsman homes that were built with quality that last 100+ years.

In Europe many homes (those not destroyed during WWII) have passed onto generations. They are mainly masonry/concrete homes and they last forever. Nothing to rot out. Guess what kind of home I will be building?

My own Infiltrator-based pump-up septic system is not even accessible anymore, since the dozer
cut needed to build it is now blocked by the house and a 20' retaining wall. No heavy equipment
will ever go up there again.

My house is all-concrete except for the roof, and I know it will outlast me for many years. However,
your comment about masonry/concrete buildings lasting forever made me think of the rural
countryside in Spain. If you drive across that country, you will see many many stone barns that
have been allowed to fall into disrepair. The walls are standing, but the rooves (wooden) have all caved in.
Beautiful buildings nonetheless.

 

[ultrarunner]

The home I built in Austria is ground floor concrete block with a poured in place concrete ceiling and a surfaced log construction on top... it seemed to be the best blending as the place is vacant for much of the time... the outside elevated deck is also concrete...

The fear was all concrete construction could lead to mold and mildew issues if unheated... although I could have gone concrete for the second level and insulated with Styrofoam board and stucco finish over the board.

Had a simple septic that worked flawlessly for 25 years and then the sewer district extended the main line and I was required to hook up...

As I write, a neighbor has started construction and the sewer district is excavating through my property... not very happy about it but nothing I can do... they are suppose to restore the landscaping but hard to know from 6,000 miles away... also the never ending stream of concrete trucks is sure to take a toll on the private shared road....

Life was simpler with Septic and Spring water...