What is that smell yuck. I hate this job.

[Don87]

Let me go get my wife maybe she will believe it if she reads what somebody else writes. No seriously I am very particular about what goes down the drain. I use the yeast and sometimes I will use ridx.

That's a good thing.
As you can tell, I'm **** about mine also. I watched my Father-in-law redo his leech beds twice in 2 years because of the 'grease in the drain' scenario.

 

[20 20]

I used the no gravel type of leach field called Bio diffusers and I figured this would be plenty of additional leach field to solve my problem and here are how they lay in the bed.

We call those envirochambers up here, I also have used them, easy to install and work way better then the ole pipe an gravel method{IMO}. I did not lay my together in one hole thought instead I dug 4 different run offs. :thumbsup:

 

[dex3361]

We call those envirochambers up here, I also have used them, easy to install and work way better then the ole pipe an gravel method{IMO}. I did not lay my together in one hole thought instead I dug 4 different run offs. :thumbsup:

I started to dig separate trenches but I did some research and this is an acceptable method. This way putting 2 runs in a trench allowed me to do the install without bringing in a back hoe.

 

[crusty 1]

Here in Minnesota we now have to use the mound type,where many truck loads of sand are piled up,the trenches in the sand pile are rock.My system is about 6ft. tallx40 ft.long and 20ft. wide.No bleach or grease is to go in the system:thumbsupave

 

[20 20]

I started to dig separate trenches but I did some research and this is an acceptable method. This way putting 2 runs in a trench allowed me to do the install without bringing in a back hoe.

I don't see where it would be an issue??? Maybe in clay or a heavy wet area where the lines would have to be spaced more for better run off/evaporation??

I've had mine in for 13+ yrs and have never had an issue, easy to install plus I have clay soil.

 

[dex3361]

I don't see where it would be an issue??? Maybe in clay or a heavy wet area where the lines would have to be spaced more for better run off/evaporation??

I've had mine in for 13+ yrs and have never had an issue, easy to install plus I have clay soil.

Thats good to hear. I think my leach bed was getting overloaded and I wanted to add onto the old rather than replace it. My soil is gravel and sand. If this turns out to not be enough I can use the distribution box to add more or go to the end of the Bio diffusers and add more.

 

[Car Doc]

hey dex,

that was a great idea using the tiller then fel to build your trenches! I hadn't ever done it but had already decided the next burn pit, pond etc was going to be done that way sure seemed the easiest way to get lots of dirt in the bucket to me and not have to hire someone with bigger equipment!

I like the way it looks good job all over!

Fact I own a property next door to my house where I have my garden plot that needs the whole system done and I may just borrow your idea to double up on turtle traps if they will let me its not real easy to get 300ft of laterals on a 1/2 acre with a house on it.

 

[dex3361]

hey dex,

that was a great idea using the tiller then fel to build your trenches! I hadn't ever done it but had already decided the next burn pit, pond etc was going to be done that way sure seemed the easiest way to get lots of dirt in the bucket to me and not have to hire someone with bigger equipment!

I like the way it looks good job all over!

Fact I own a property next door to my house where I have my garden plot that needs the whole system done and I may just borrow your idea to double up on turtle traps if they will let me its not real easy to get 300ft of laterals on a 1/2 acre with a house on it.

Thanks. The tiller worked very well and I needed it mostly at the layer of crust and then used the FEL with the tooth bar and when I had the proper grade I tilled my way out of the trenches a few times to make sure that the ground was not compacted. Here is a few pics of how I filled in the sides with gravel this was said to make the system less likely to collapse. The gravel was also supposed to increase the perc area of the system. If you didnt use the gravel you had to fill along the sides and then walk it in to compact the soil to prevent the system from collapsing when backfilling.

 

[300UGUY]

Let me go get my wife maybe she will believe it if she reads what somebody else writes. No seriously I am very particular about what goes down the drain. I use the yeast and sometimes I will use ridx.

I don't use yeast. Septic tanks are anaerobic - very little oxygen to support a yeast culture. Pumping at least every 5 years is a good idea. My system was installed in 1974 and it has a 1,500 gallon tank.

 

[dex3361]

I don't use yeast. Septic tanks are anaerobic - very little oxygen to support a yeast culture. Pumping at least every 5 years is a good idea. My system was installed in 1974 and it has a 1,500 gallon tank.

What do you think of Ridx or other additives? I put re-bar at end points of the system so I could locate the critical places later. I did that with the first Leach field and it was great to be able to locate what you wanted with a metal detector. I did the back fill and of course the Jack Russel Terrier had to supervise the whole project. He (the dog) is a tough one to work for. I had to fashion a lid for the home made distribution box. I cut the top off of another barrel and heated it up and stretched it a little to slip over the lower section. Seems to be working well so far. The finish grading and reseeding will have to wait till we have a few good rains to settle the soil.