Comments on: Water, Pee and Poo: Septic Follow-Up

By: rob

rob — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:56:41 +0000

Like john says a septic tank should be pumped on a regular schedule. I owned a house for 20 years with a septic tank that was original to the house. @ people in the house the tank was pumped every 2 years. In the summer I would go out and dig up the lid and call the pump guy. We babied the tank. no harsh cleaning products just the normal stuff that goes down the toilet. The septic system functioned without any problems for 60 years until we sold the house and were told to replace it because it no longer met code. Nothing wrong with it, just too old. The system was replaced with an aereation system. The output was funneled to the county field drain system. If we didn’t move I probably would have had it replaced anyhow. The State of Ohio enacted new septic tank regulations that would have cost 10-15K to replace the tank now. The regulations require a mound system for the leach field and pump station put in to put the leachate from the tank to the leach field. Everyone was replacing old systems before the new rules went into effect. They did that so they were in age compliance in case they sold the house. The house then has a modern septic system when they go to sell.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:50:14 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Water, Pee and Poo: Septic Follow-Up, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

By: John Sarappa

John Sarappa — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:26:02 +0000

Under no circumstances should a septic tank not be pumped on a scheduled maintenance program. There are products that are not digested by the natural microbial process that needs attention. You can pay us now,(a little bit) or pay us (a lot) later on.

By: SL

SL — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:34:40 +0000

There’s an interesting conversation going on at gardenweb.com. According to some, if taken care of properly, a septic system should never need pumping.