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O/Tsewage length (Sorry)

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frankiee

03-20-2007 15:42:00




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Sorry for O/T
After a while a person starts to think that this is the only place on the net to get good answer.

Father wants to put a trailer up hill about 150 feet away from septic and about 15 feet up.
Is it possible to have a pipe go that far or will we have to consider another system.
Thanks.




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Larry from Mich.

03-20-2007 17:09:57




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to frankiee, 03-20-2007 15:42:00  
I install water and sewer line all the time. I would install the line with a 1" in 10' min. and step it down using 22 degree elbows. If you don't, the water will leave the solids in the pipe and you will have problems. It is a good idea to install cleanouts in the line, approx 50' apart in your case. Good luck. Larry



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Bus Driver

03-21-2007 04:43:05




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to Larry from Mich., 03-20-2007 17:09:57  
Most codes require a minimum pitch of 1/8" per foot of length for 3" or 4" lines. The idea that 1/8" will move solids along, but that certain steeper pitches will let the solids drop out and the water continue on is simply an old myth. Material that is moving stops only if some force is applied to make it stop, one of Newton's Laws of Motion. So if sewage solids are flowing at 1/8" per foot, why would they stop at pitches of 1/2" per foot? If you park your car on a slope and not set any means to prevent rolling, will it roll on a gentle slope and stop buy itself on a steeper slope? The codes specify only a minimum pitch for gravity drain lines. Anything steeper is acceptable.

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Charles R Willett

03-20-2007 17:06:53




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to frankiee, 03-20-2007 15:42:00  
should be no problem, give the pipe about 2 inches in 10 feet and you should put some cleanouts every 50 feet, Charles,contractor 35 yrs



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old

03-20-2007 16:55:38




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to frankiee, 03-20-2007 15:42:00  
With a system like that I would do as buick says and just hook up the toilet to it and maybe the bath room sink for a little extra water to help push the crude down, the other stuff run a line into a dry well which is a big hole filled with gravel and plastic over the top of the gravel then topped off with dirt.



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wdTom

03-20-2007 17:26:49




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to old, 03-20-2007 16:55:38  
A dry well will work much better and last longer if you make it hollow, not just a load of crushed stone with a pipe going to it. Get some perforated well rings, or some other such preformed concrete shape, flow diffusers, galleys etc. Put a 12 to 18 inches of crushed stone around this form and the pipe going into the hollow. Provide access to the cover in the form of a well ring over the cover. Doing a dry well this way provides a large reservoir for the wastes and a lot more surface area for them to leach into the crushed stone.

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old

03-20-2007 18:04:16




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to wdTom, 03-20-2007 17:26:49  
Ya but if its only what is called gray water there is no waste so doing that is not needed.



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John M

03-20-2007 18:42:19




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to old, 03-20-2007 18:04:16  
You do that in SC and get caught, you get one of two things, $25000 and/or cleaning up of the mess youve made, or you can do your $25000 in the jailhouse! I know! Im still paying the fine off. Here ALL waste water has to go either into a septic tank or public sewer.



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dan hill

03-21-2007 05:44:32




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to John M, 03-20-2007 18:42:19  
In Maine gray water could go in to a stone filled pit.This was used for woods camp that had an outhouse, still permited as long as you used a site evaluators plan.Better move to Maine.Massachusetts wont permit outhouses and you cant have a camp without electric and a hotwater heater.I left Mass 42 years ago to have more freedom but the same problems are coming up here now.



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Midwest redneck

03-20-2007 16:42:16




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to frankiee, 03-20-2007 15:42:00  
I would contact and excavator who installs septic systems and see what he says. The slope of the pipe seems okay to me, maybe too much slope.



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buickanddeere

03-20-2007 16:13:10




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to frankiee, 03-20-2007 15:42:00  
On a double system like that only the toilets should be run into the sewer. Laundry, sinks, bathtubs & water softeners should have thier own grey water drain system.



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fordtractor2000

03-20-2007 15:46:44




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 Re: O/Tsewage length (Sorry) in reply to frankiee, 03-20-2007 15:42:00  
that should give you around a 1% grade, to the septic, **it runs down hill so go for it just put cleanouts every 100 ft



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