Septic Tank

[MChalkley]

Bird - Speaking of football, I remember an occasion when I was about 15 and I was with a bunch of guys at a local school football field on a Saturday afternoon horsing around in a informal game. We didn't have enough guys to have a real good game, so we were glad when a bunch of guys showed up and asked if we wanted to play a game of "friendly tackle". We were a little surprised that we didn't know any of them, because it was a small rural community, but we agreed, even though they were a lot bigger and older, on average, than we were. In about half an hour, they'd scored umpteen touchdowns, we'd scored 1 on a fluke play, and they had just about killed us. They ran around us, ran over us, trampled us, you name it. Turned out that almost all of them were members of the varsity high school squad from a school in NC (I lived about 10 miles north of the state line) - where they had finished as runner-up in the state championship game a few weeks before. Moral: Know thy enemy, or die.

 

[Joe_W]

We're building a new house, and when the guy installed the septic tank (2500 gallons and 1500' of leach field - all this for only 2 old people), he told me the secret to having a healthy tank. Every month mix 1 cup of brown sugar, and one package of yeast together with a little water to make a slurry. Then flush it down the toilet. This will promote the growth and happiness of the little bacteria that eat the poop that keeps the odors down, and keeps your septic system working efficiently. He said if you do that, we will only need to have our tank cleaned about every 7-10 years (for our size tank and with just the two of us). Your results may vary.
Joe W.

 

[BMW]

Joe W.
That strange because the guy who pumped out my tanks said that yeast or the other additives you can buy for your septic tank are a load of crap (pun intended, /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif sorry!). He says that a couple of inches left in the tank when its pumped out leaves enough of the bacteria to keep the tank active. I can't see what yeast and brown sugar would hurt. I wonder if there are any scientific studys into the subject./w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif

Later
Mark

 

[Joe_W]

Hi Mark,
I suspect like most opinions, the truth lies somewhere in between what both guys said. My septic guy said that the products that you buy to add to the septic system are just brown sugar and yeast, and if you are going to do that, you might as well mix your own at a fraction of the cost. Plus another thing that will plug up a septic system quicker than anything, is to dump your clothes washer water into the system without first filtering out the lint. The Rayons, Nylons, and other synthetic fibers will not break down in the tank, and will flow out into the leach field and plug things up.
I can hardly wait to have my tank pumped out for the first time. The local septic sucker will show up dressed in high heels and a red dress, which really goes good with his 3 day old growth of beard. I used to deal with this guy years ago, when he was still married, before he came "out", and as ugly as he was then, he's got to be a real prize dressed up as a woman. Gives me the creeps just to think about it!!

Joe W.

 

[MChalkley]

<font color=blue>The local septic sucker will show up dressed in high heels and a red dress, which really goes good with his 3 day old growth of beard. I used to deal with this guy years ago, when he was still married, before he came "out", and as ugly as he was then, he's got to be a real prize dressed up as a woman. Gives me the creeps just to think about it!!</font color=blue>

Say it ain't so, Joe! You've got to be joking. Aren't you?

 

[Bird]

The guys I know in the business didn't mention the sugar; just say flushing a package of yeast down a toilet once a month will do as good as all the additives you can buy.

 

[MossRoad]

You know that restaraunt in town that nobody can eat at without getting montezuma's revenge? Everybody's got one in there town, right? Why not go there, order the biggest badest meal they have and get it to go. Take it home and flush it down the system. It will probably do to your septic system the same thing that it does to you. It will clean it out everything!/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[BMW]

Isn't that more or less what you do when you eat at that restaurant anyway? That is assuming you make it home in time. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[Joe_W]

Hi Mark,
It's sad but true. This guy has a long face, with a chin that's more prominent than Jay Leno's, if you can imagine that. Not much to look at as a guy, probably scares little kids as a woman. Oh well, to each his own.
Joe W.

 

[Joe_W]

Plus you have the benefit of breaking it down so the microbes can get to work on it easier.
As far as making it home in time.........Ewwwwwww, I don't want to go there.
Joe W.