Posted by paul on August 19, 2009 at 21:39:01 from (66.44.133.117):
In Reply to: SEPTIC TANK posted by JDB on August 19, 2009 at 20:31:45:
Grease builds up from the top; paper fibers, plastic bits, dirt & grime from your hands & clothes, fibers from food - build up from the bottom. Couple products I shouldn't mention here tend to get flushed into it.
If you live a simple life & don't put anything extra in your drains, you can probably go decades and still be ok.
If you live the carefree life with a house full of people & someone in your household thinks it is a city wastewater deal where you can put anything you can fit down the drain all day long.....
Then it can fill up in 2 years.
You don't know. When it gets full, the extra settlings ooze out into the lines and fill them up with a slime that doesn't let water soak out any more.
Then you get to start over, and with septic laws the way they are, you are looking at $7000 - 15000 these days in most places.
So. How big a gambler are you? Costs a couple 100 to have it pumped, find out where you are. If you woulda been good for another 10 years, you just wasted $200. If you are full after 10 years & just ignore it, you will be out 10 grand in a year or so.
All depends how many people, how you use the thing, how big the chamber is.
When you burn a fire, there is always a little ash left in the bottom of the fire pit. Same thing with a septic. It converts _most_ burnables into nothing but ash - but the ash does pile up somewhere, over the years.....
How much ash do you feed yours?
Nothing will get rid of the ash, it is the unconsumable stuff.
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