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| I'm new to septic systems and have a few questions.
What I have:
The white pipe furthest from the house was run over with the riding lawn mower resulting in a vaporized cap and a few pieces missing from the top 2" of the pipe. Questions:
Thanks in advance for your help, this forum rocks. |
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- Posted by justalurker (My Page) on Thu, Aug 30, 12 at 20:23
| It would help if you posted the diameters of the pipes I assume the green pipe with green cement cap is a large diameter like 18" to 24". That is the access to the septic tank for inspection and pumping. Older installations have one and newer installations have two. The white PVC pipes are about 4" diameter? If they are far away from the cement cap then they are inspection access to the two runs of the leach field. You can repair that by cutting the pipe straight and using a section of PVC that has a female at one end. Glue to the stub you have and cut at the desired height and slip on (don't glue) a cap. You can also use a twin female coupling and another piece of 4" PVC but the first solution is more sano. You can dig down and cut the pipe below grade so you never see the repair. you can raise both pipes a couple feet above grade so you don't mow them again. When you bought your house there should have been a septic inspection and pumping. You should have been there for that. You can call a local septic pumping company and ask them to come out and give you the septic 101 and arrange for routine pumping at whatever year intervals they suggest. |
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| The green/cement one is 6" the PVC ones are 4 1/2". |
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| All three are in a straight row spaced about 8 feet apart. |
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- Posted by justalurker (My Page) on Thu, Aug 30, 12 at 22:01
| Not that way around here so a septic inspection is a good place to start. It will be money well spent, you'll learn a lot that is VERY important to know, and they might ever fix your PVC for you. |
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- Posted by piedmontnc (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 11:14
| You should start by getting a copy of your permit from the county health department. Other than that, is it a gravity system, a pump system and if so pump to gravity or prssurized dispersal? Your permit should tell you those things. Are those pipes over the tanks or over the drainfield? |
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