Re: septic guidance

Great thoughts John.

My place is not very visible from the road May to September. About 10 feet
of thick woods separate me from the road.

It is not so much an issue of it failing. But an issue of salability of the
property. As-is a buyer would rake me over the coals with concessions for a
'non-conforming septic'.

I don't think there is any need to go in in the dead of night. I would get a
grading permit to do everything above board. Remember the goal is to have
everything correct and permitted. I have a working but non-conforming system
now-putting in an illegal one does not gain me anything.



"Neon John" <no@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 May 2007 15:03:40 -0400, "James" <user@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for the response.

I am looking at it this way. If I get all the grading and stuff done now.
And in 5 years I go to get a traditional drain field in, my 5 year
previously graded and filled dirt will then be "undisturbed" right? So
lets
say I add the correct amount ideal perking dirt. The county comes in, does
the perk test, notes it is intact dirt, and I get a conforming septic.
Everybody wins (well except my wallet).

That sounds reasonable to me.

How visible is your place from the road? Can you go in, dig the old field
system out
and put in the new one, let's say, in the dark of night? That's a fairly
common way
of doing things around here. I won't mention where or when I helped a
friend do that
but let's just say that my boots are still muddy :-)

Another idea. Put your field line in when you put in the fill dirt but
don't hook to
it. When you do need it, it'll be there ready to hook in to and the
hook-in will be
a very short job that can be done without attracting attention.

A more global question, do you actually know that the old system is
malfunctioning?
Age doesn't mean a whole lot, in many cases. My system is going on 40
years old now
and has never been touched. Neither have any of my neighbors who built
their places
at about the same time we did, in the early 70s.

One other thing I might suggest. Look into the rejuvenating services.
One that I'm
aware of involves pumping high pressure water into the field lines. The
water breaks
up the hard crud that forms around the field line and loosens the dirt.
Not always
successful but a BUNCH cheaper than a new leech field.

John

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Cleveland, Occupied TN
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