Yikes, I take a short break and this thread exploded. Whoda thought a foul subject would creat so much interest.
Thanks for the complements on the pictures, I had to crop and resize them a couple of time to get under the 200Kb limit only to find out that the limit changed to 150Kb. I guess I need to start posting more just to stay in practice.
ejb,
Five years seems to be a good rule of thumb around here, we might have to shorten the time up when we add bathrooms and users. The first chamber was FULL but the second chamber only had water (albeit aromatic water) so the leach field should be safe.
Bird,
Thanks
Apparently, block built tanks were pretty common around here before the pre-cast tanks became readily available. The house and I assume the tank are 53 years old. That is before my time so I’m not sure. I have heard about steal septic tanks being used for a while but they are pretty bad news as you can imagine.
Hey Nick,
If you aren’t happy with theturf tires talk to the dealer; he might be willing to trade. I had them change mine from turfs to ags before it was delivered. They tried to talk me into the turfs with chains, but I wouldn’t have it. They were pretty accommodating after I made it clear what I wanted, but like I said, that was before it was delivered.
I had W T Excavation and Septic Service pump out the tank. They quoted $100 if you do the digging, which was $25 cheaper than anyone else. They’re in the phone book but I’ll email you the phone number if you want. Be prepared to play telephone tag for a week or so.
And THANKS A LOT! Now I’ll be singing that D@#~ song in my head for the rest of the day.
BobT
The lids that I made are probably overkill. The holes in the tank are about 2’ square and the old lids were 2’6" square and about 3" thick with the standard wire mesh reinforcement. Being Mr. Overkill (hey that might be a good username), I went 3’ square a full 4" thick with half inch re-bar every 6" in both directions all wired together. You may have noticed the eye bolts which have a nut and fender washer and are wire to the re-bar mesh. A 3’x3’x4" slab takes all of five 80Lb bags of sackcrete (hence the 400 Lbs per slab). Now I wish I had taken picture of the fabrication process to pass along but it was pretty straight forward.
Later
Mark
Thanks for the complements on the pictures, I had to crop and resize them a couple of time to get under the 200Kb limit only to find out that the limit changed to 150Kb. I guess I need to start posting more just to stay in practice.
ejb,
Five years seems to be a good rule of thumb around here, we might have to shorten the time up when we add bathrooms and users. The first chamber was FULL but the second chamber only had water (albeit aromatic water) so the leach field should be safe.
Bird,
Thanks
Apparently, block built tanks were pretty common around here before the pre-cast tanks became readily available. The house and I assume the tank are 53 years old. That is before my time so I’m not sure. I have heard about steal septic tanks being used for a while but they are pretty bad news as you can imagine.
Hey Nick,
If you aren’t happy with theturf tires talk to the dealer; he might be willing to trade. I had them change mine from turfs to ags before it was delivered. They tried to talk me into the turfs with chains, but I wouldn’t have it. They were pretty accommodating after I made it clear what I wanted, but like I said, that was before it was delivered.
I had W T Excavation and Septic Service pump out the tank. They quoted $100 if you do the digging, which was $25 cheaper than anyone else. They’re in the phone book but I’ll email you the phone number if you want. Be prepared to play telephone tag for a week or so.
And THANKS A LOT! Now I’ll be singing that D@#~ song in my head for the rest of the day.
BobT
The lids that I made are probably overkill. The holes in the tank are about 2’ square and the old lids were 2’6" square and about 3" thick with the standard wire mesh reinforcement. Being Mr. Overkill (hey that might be a good username), I went 3’ square a full 4" thick with half inch re-bar every 6" in both directions all wired together. You may have noticed the eye bolts which have a nut and fender washer and are wire to the re-bar mesh. A 3’x3’x4" slab takes all of five 80Lb bags of sackcrete (hence the 400 Lbs per slab). Now I wish I had taken picture of the fabrication process to pass along but it was pretty straight forward.
Later
Mark
