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Plaid13 · 08-20-2008, 02:51 PM

having a septic tank is basicly something you want to have done every year or two. Its not something you can do yourself. And trust me even if you could you wouldnt want to. Basicly everything you flush down the toilet ends up in the septic tank. Im no expert thats for sure but basicly the way they work is theres a big tank underground in your yard that has a set of pipes that extend out into the yard that basicly release the water from the system into the ground. or something like that. keeping all the worst stuff in the tank. All the rain your getting most likely just found its way into the system and mixed in with all that nastyness from your sewage. And dont worry it wont really back up into your backyard... it will come out through the easiest path. back up through your drains into your house. So yeah... as soon as the rain stops get them out there to drain it. unless you want that stuff showing up in your shower drain or something. With the house being that new im not really sure what could happen if it does overflow from rain but no mater how you look at it it wont be pleasant. Part of living in a area prone to storms like that i suppose. I dont think anyone is trying to rip you off or anything. If you dont want to go with the company thats been nagging you... just dont im sure theres plenty more in the area that will do it. no reason to be on any sort of contract for something like that. Just call them out every couple years or so. But having someone come out and drain your septic tank is all part of not being connected to city water and sewage. I know your not supposed to have stormwater drain anywhere near the septic field i assume this is the problem your having. but when you get that much rain i dont think it matters how your stormwater drainage is set up. Dont think houses there have basements or sump pump systems but i could be wrong. but if you have a sump pump make sure its not connected to the septic system draining into that. and make sure your roofs gutters drain away from the house and hopefully away from the septic field. that sort of thing could cause it to fill up faster. but when you get 20-30 inches of rain in a few days... yeah just consider it storm damage.

Its not really something they can screw up doing. They dig a hole in the yard over the tank pull the lid off it shove a hose from a giant truck down it and suck out all that nastyness then throw the lid back on and dump dirt back over the top and call it done.

Oh just FYI not sure if its different there or what but here it costs around $200 to have it drained.

08-20-2008, 02:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Plaid13 I want a Plaid crayon	having a septic tank is basicly something you want to have done every year or two. Its not something you can do yourself. And trust me even if you could you wouldnt want to. Basicly everything you flush down the toilet ends up in the septic tank. Im no expert thats for sure but basicly the way they work is theres a big tank underground in your yard that has a set of pipes that extend out into the yard that basicly release the water from the system into the ground. or something like that. keeping all the worst stuff in the tank. All the rain your getting most likely just found its way into the system and mixed in with all that nastyness from your sewage. And dont worry it wont really back up into your backyard... it will come out through the easiest path. back up through your drains into your house. So yeah... as soon as the rain stops get them out there to drain it. unless you want that stuff showing up in your shower drain or something. With the house being that new im not really sure what could happen if it does overflow from rain but no mater how you look at it it wont be pleasant. Part of living in a area prone to storms like that i suppose. I dont think anyone is trying to rip you off or anything. If you dont want to go with the company thats been nagging you... just dont im sure theres plenty more in the area that will do it. no reason to be on any sort of contract for something like that. Just call them out every couple years or so. But having someone come out and drain your septic tank is all part of not being connected to city water and sewage. I know your not supposed to have stormwater drain anywhere near the septic field i assume this is the problem your having. but when you get that much rain i dont think it matters how your stormwater drainage is set up. Dont think houses there have basements or sump pump systems but i could be wrong. but if you have a sump pump make sure its not connected to the septic system draining into that. and make sure your roofs gutters drain away from the house and hopefully away from the septic field. that sort of thing could cause it to fill up faster. but when you get 20-30 inches of rain in a few days... yeah just consider it storm damage. Its not really something they can screw up doing. They dig a hole in the yard over the tank pull the lid off it shove a hose from a giant truck down it and suck out all that nastyness then throw the lid back on and dump dirt back over the top and call it done. Oh just FYI not sure if its different there or what but here it costs around $200 to have it drained.