Laurent Cyr
Burning Hunk
In my area, we are built on clay soil. We found out after buying the house that we didn`t have a drain field. Grey water was just dumped into a local Stream. Well my friends, it cost me 21K to have a new septic system installed. It is an Enviroseptic system. And they replaced the old septic tank for a 4 bedroom tank, with filter. So, none of those baby wipes, and none of that expensive toilet paper that is really soft. After using that, we had a 1 1/2 foot of toilet paper floating on top of the water, plugging up the pipes. Like what was said earlier by Firebroad, the cheaper, the better. Oh, and we also have a mandatory cleanout every 3 years. It costs $350, and only one company has the Monopoly of that .
The filter is a good idea. Better to have the clog at the filter, than in your septic field. I clean mine in the spring after the thaw, and last thing in the Fall before it freezes up. I also have a pump set up after the filter, to push the water to the field which is located 150 feet from the house, on a small uphill to the field. There`s an alarm system hooked up to the pump in case the pump fails, or the water won`t drain.
Laurent
The filter is a good idea. Better to have the clog at the filter, than in your septic field. I clean mine in the spring after the thaw, and last thing in the Fall before it freezes up. I also have a pump set up after the filter, to push the water to the field which is located 150 feet from the house, on a small uphill to the field. There`s an alarm system hooked up to the pump in case the pump fails, or the water won`t drain.
Laurent
