help finding septic?
May 8th 2009, 10:16 pm
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May 8th 2009, 10:24 pm
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Re: help finding septic?
You run the risk of them freezing shut in the winter if they are not buried..this aint the UKs climate. Why dont they mark them? Why would you, once you know where it is, you know where it is, so why make the yard uglier for no reason.
Get a slim metal rod and poke the ground down to about a foot or so if you dont want to dig...If you hit a solid platform thats probably the top of the access cover.
Look in the basement to get a general direction...the cover should be at least 6 feet out from there, but local codes vary across the country. Patchy grass coverage might indicate where it is too as there is less dirt on top of the cover for the roots to get into. The weeping bed itself should be lush, the bit over the tank access is not guaranteed to be.
Good luck...you shouldnt need a back hoe...
Get a slim metal rod and poke the ground down to about a foot or so if you dont want to dig...If you hit a solid platform thats probably the top of the access cover.
Look in the basement to get a general direction...the cover should be at least 6 feet out from there, but local codes vary across the country. Patchy grass coverage might indicate where it is too as there is less dirt on top of the cover for the roots to get into. The weeping bed itself should be lush, the bit over the tank access is not guaranteed to be.
Good luck...you shouldnt need a back hoe...
Thanks for the advice, I like the metal rod idea, will give that a go. I know vaguely where it is supposed to be. If you don't mark it, then you should at least tell the new owners of the house where it is then!
And I think he means septic tank=yank, y'know!
May 8th 2009, 10:34 pm
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