DIY Septic System: Inspection PASSED Pt 3
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Finally ready for the major inspection. The inspector came out and looked over the tank and first leach field. I had to make two minor adjustments then backfill the tank and leach field. Now I need to dig the other two leach fields then tie them into the distribution box then all done.
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"Fast is not always the best." I respect a man who takes his time and does it right.
That's very true have to take your time and be careful how its being installed cause it can fail if not properly buried.
Living the dream man. God bless you brother!
Sometimes a septic tank warms the heart. In an off grid home, it's the prettiest thing I've ever seen.
Always water settle. Compacting is t bad, but water settle, water settle, water settle. I did underground utilities for a long time, one of the biggest things I witnessed was the electric panel riser would always break loose years after because the rain from the roof made the trench settle and took the conduit with it. Water will pack dirt, then compact, then water, then compact. But always include tons of water.
As a state inspector I can say absolutely correct, properly bedded tanks and pipes will last forever. Improperly bedding results in repairs and replacements in 3 to 10 years. Pay once for the right thing of pay twice, three times, ..... well you get the picture.
Thats a fact, faster is not always better. Pride in your work, good job.
great job, with the use of a circular tank, well compacted, this should never settle and last a lifetime.
The lack of rocks on your place is amazing. Great job...you'll never be disappointed in excellence.
You are a HARD WORKER - I am impressed. Thank you. I have been trying to learn how to connect a self contained plastic septic to a PVC septic leeching system using a distribution box, etc. You have pointed me in the right direction. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PROJECT AND YOUR LIFE. God bless.
I am currently doing this exact project-myself, as well. I got the same tank, so clearly, I thought your videos would be a great reference. Everyone is laughing at me, thinking I’m just a fool; attempting to put a pump on a paint bucket. While yeah, it’s a really tough job, I’m in it for the same reasons you explained here. These videos have been immensely helpful. I have learned more about what issues to be aware of and how to attempt to mitigate them, than all of my how-to research so far. Thank you for sharing your journey and thoughts on efforts.
I worked in the septic tank pumping, installations, and plumbing field. That's not a one day one man job even though your a hard ass working man. Great job brother
Thanks Buddy!
I'm just now watching your video and hearing you mention someone saying you could do it in a day. I've watched other videos where a crew has done it in a day, emphasizing a crew. I should also mention that it was the Dome style or chamber style leach line/field. I like the way you mentioned about doing it right instead of having to do it again or having an issue later down the line.
I have since retired from the military and do handy man work on the side. It takes me longer than the so-called professionals to get it done. Lots of my work has been going back after the professionals completed their job to repair/fix their mistakes. I'm with you on this one. Thanks for the information.
Semper Fi.
I like your perseverance, your background music, and your attitude... We'd be good (far away) neighbors.. :)
Please do not listen to people! You are making sure things are right before you have it inspected. I think you are doing a great job .
Thsts awesome. I'm watching these videos looking for ideas and for someone who's done it so that I can get a idea as to what is involved. I'm in the process of doing the same exact thing. Even though I've been in the construction field most of my life, your never to old to learn something new. Look forward to the building process if you decide to show it. 👍👍
Forget what anyone says, you build it your way.
Thanks very much for posting this. I'm going to have a septic tank installed and this helps me to understand the process and to make sure that the job is well done.
Watching some of your older vedios, i wish i could be young and still able to build in a nice mountian area off grid. What a blessing beyond measure this will be for you and your family, riding out the zombie apocalypse will be much smoother. Gotta get a sturdy green house checked off your list, im sure my list would be check one thing off for every 3-4 new things added to the list. BLESSING CEADAR & HEATH.
One day? Maybe for a 5 man crew. Obviously that person doesn't have a clue. Doing a great job. Quality of your work is in the details. Looking good to me. 👍 Vinny 🇺🇸
He didn't say one day.
You could easily 2 man this system in a day. I feel like the inspector nit picked his system, but if you know the codes then you won't have to take the time to do it again. Typically as a contractor you have an inspector on call who shows up, looks, and checks off.
Nice work. I plumb new residential, finished up a 600k house guy did the septic in a day, poor soil really wet, they think a leaky fill valve on one of my toilets has filled the system TWICE. It's not leeching obviously, most likely do to what you describe, that's what a 3 mile warranty? Quality over speed all day.
I'm diggin up the outflow end of my septic tank right now because the pipe sheared off exactly as you described.
Unfortunately, the guy that put it in 18 years ago is gone - he rolled his bulldozer onto himself about 10 years ago.
You are doing an excellent job on your installation!
Blue?. U assume a septic system gets 20 year warranty, your silly to think that,,,,,,,,,
Thanks for passing on the correct way to install!! I enjoyed your video.
Go at your own pace.. Sounds like you have solid priorities. Thats another job done out there. And done right.
Looks awesome, great job on the install. You are very correct, take your time and do it right the first time. Looking forward to the shop build. Thanks for sharing. 😁
Learn so much from you. Thanks for taking us on your journey!
My sentiments exactly fast is never good …hard work pays in the end🤠👍
Very nice work, hope to be doing this on my own place in the next couple of years.
You are right . . . . never time to do it right, always time to do it again !
Your soil looks very rich. I bet you can grow anything. You are doing a great job on everything. You are a very good father also
You did a good job, don't worry about bullish comments about too much time on it, always do it right away
Thank you awesome video. I am getting ready to install a septic system I found this to be very informative.
this might not be the right time but....
one of my occupations was an electrican...
sny way..
i like to have things lit up without waking others... and not having to go back to turn off the lights...
when i build my house and.?
i'm going to install recessed wall lights (about 1+- foot off the floor) to light the floors.so my path thruout the house is lit with out disturbing anyone...
it's a 4 way switching system..
any switch turns all the wall lights on or off...
the switchs will be at all entrys into the house , outside all bedrooms, common bathrooms... and where ever needed....
so where ever you are you can turn the lights on or off..
i'm just throwing this out as food for thought for those of you designing your houses...
any way keep up the good work...
and sll the great ideas....
Im starting my homestead if you will and this video was very helpful thank you.
Kyle🇺🇸
Ultimate professional job, if you can do it hire yourself , if you can’t do your research and oversee your contractor with a eagle eye, beautiful accomplishment 🇺🇸🙏🏿🇨🇦Thanks for the research 👍
If I lived near you and needed any work done I would trust you completely.
You're right...I had a cement septic tank installed on my property last year. After the snow melted this year, I noticed that they did a terrible job on compaction. The ground around the tank sank in at least a foot. Hopefully the tank didn't move. I was there when they were digging it, and the tank was a tight fit (8 inches). I had to pay $5k to have that done with 200 feet of leech line.
Doing right beats fast in my book every time. Very interesting video ...thanks for sharing.
Hugs
You have the experience and know what the problems are, Good job and well done. Nvm the back seat specialists. You took your time and im sure you have no problems with sagging of the pipes or tank
Well done - good job 👍
Hope you don't get too many "Armchair Workers" telling you you're doing it wrong!!!! Lots of TROLLS out there with nothing to do. If you want it done well pay someone BUT if you want it done RIGHT you do it yourself. I like to see a person with Common Sense.
Thanks Tony!
Yeah too many straw bosses out there but its best too do it yoself
well said, peace of mind knowing a job done well
agreed,very nice clean install!
It's really funny to me that there's always somebody that can do it better or faster longer-lasting but do you see them posting videos do you see them building their own house I don't think so you keep on doing you you doing good job
Nice work buddy
You just need to remember commenters always know more than creators. Even if they have never done what the creator is doing.
David J. MacKinney DIY network and CZcams has made everybody an "expert" and most don't no s€#t!!!
quality takes time...
suggestion for those of you who might try a similar project...
he's been a plumber for years...
but first timers...
when it. comes to backfilling the tank...
before you can't see the sides of the tank...
lay out string lines so you won't make a mistake and ruin the tank...
the dirt you put over the tank..
make maybe 4 inch lifts and just walk on the dirt...
(not your kids or skinny wife..
but us big boys... )
good job.....
I RESPECT WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT, I'VE LEARNED ALOT FROM WATCHING YOU , YOUVE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD BACKROUND MUSIC TO. YOU NEED TO BE PICKED UP NOT PUT DOWN
Great job dude! You make us plumbers proud ! I am envious of your life style, enjoying your vids , keep em coming.
Thanks!
Great job
Very nicely done !
..... looking adequate. I've seen so many codes written to septic systems it's unreal. Some of them pretty whimsical. Having made repairs to leach fields, the one thing I would completely get away from is the thin, brittle and slide together crap they call leach pipe to the point of drilling my own drain holes in regular PVC......
I considered this but it would not be approved pipe...
....... I mentioned whimsical already. Contractors and idiots who write the building codes don't like me. Best to keep quiet....
teton tom
I'm with you...
4 inch abs..
bottom line as i know it...
the city engineer has the final say....
if i have to..
I'm going to talk to the city engineer and have him explain..
why they would turn down a superior material......
when i was doing electrical...
my recessed lights needed one hour of fire protection.. (one layer of dry wall)
one of the long beach inspectors gave me shit about using dry wall...he told me he would never accept dry wall again.))))
my plan if i ran across him again, was to install 2 layers (2 hour fire rating)
and if he screwed with me...
i was going to ask the city engineer to come out and explain why they wouldn't pass 2 hr fire rating when code called for 1 hour......
most inspectors are nice guys...
if you ask..
even though they aren't suppose to...
they will tell you how to fix your problem
but them some times you run into an ass hole and need to go over his head... (nicely)
Arm chair know it alls ! Just keep doing what your doing brother! Looks great !
Right! Fast is not always best!
if you are installing a septic system and leech field make sure you know the soils below the trench and what the depth is to the water table. at least 5' between the two. if you don't then you could contaminate the water wells down the line and it can be traced back to your field. For my area, the Homeowners are responsible for everything on their property, even septic systems.
and the first question asked? did you install this? unless to know what you are doing, its best to call a septic tank installer.
Great video, thanks for posting!
Awesome work and great song
Speed doesnt always equal better!
Water sprinkler works wonders on backfill. Js
As soon as you said you were a plumber, you had me! Instant sub!
Great video!
I would be afraid to use straw because I think it will decompose fast, then clay may develop where it needs to drain and possibly prevent it from draining. Anyway, I'm not an expert, but I'm sure there's good reason why hardly anyone uses straw instead of something that will last.
some Clay is good as it will slow down the draining process, straight sand is bad as it will drain to fast and could contaminate the water supply.
You want the leech field to hold the liquid as it breaks everything down, while slowly draining.
We had a town where everyone was on wells and septic. what they didn't know was that the septic system was leeching too fast into the underground water supply and contaminated the wells, everybody's well. When they discovered this, the whole town was convertered over to muncipal water and sewer as they were located on a old river bed system.
this is why we take soil samples and have them tested to discover the best location for the tank and leech field. Think of goldilocks and the three bears. the soil has to have the best possible mixture as you don't want it to drain to fast or too slow.
I am taking the septic system course for my area, so best to check with a experienced septic installer for your area.
straw would be cheaper than the material I would use to line the treatment bed with. Straw is there to prevent the fines (dust like material) in the soil to fall and plug the treatment area under the pipe. I would use a geo-tek material that does similar thing.
I've seen done in a day work and getting it done is more important than getting it done right, I much prefer work done by qualified people when they have done it for themselves, that used to be called craftsmanship, sadly few possess that skill today.
Fast is almost certainly never good ! you do very well my friend
Thanks for sharing with us!
Valuable information for sure.
Awesome job very well done
Another thing you should have done to protect the exterior is put oil all over the exterior walls the lay heavy mil plastic draped over the top to create separation from the rain and tank contact
Speech is silver , silence is golden
Haste makes waste, a good lathered is half a shave
Failure is the mother of success
Always a pleasure to see you doing the job correctly! Do you plan on putting risers on your tank so you don't have to dig up the covers when you need pumping?
I also have poly tank and am in the process of locating risers and covers for it. All the videos on CZcams are for concrete tanks and risers and yours is the first I found with poly tank.
Any good ideas on where I can locate risers and lids. My tank has 24" openings, but I'm just not sure where to get from and how to install properly.
Thanks and as always enjoy your videos!
Tom
Do it right; do it once; never do it again. Thanks for the vid.
Theres a picture frm the neighborhood i live in of a concrete tank that lifted out of the ground, our area is very wet and they had it pumped in the spring. No weight and the hydraulic pressure lifted it up 2 feet out of the ground!
Nice music. Nice job well done.
Job well done😊👍Thanks for the video.
Just a thought..
Was watching a youtube video from New Hampshire...
He was talking about septic systems in early spring (after the snow and rain..)
The ground being saturated..
Which got me to thinking...
Might be a good idea to either raise the ground level above and around the leach field..
Or direct the rain run off away from the field..
So the field doesn't get saturated.
Let's hear some feed back..
This project isn't for the faint of heart. I think I'll hire someone! :-)
Great job good information. Do it right, do it once.
I liked the music too.
I've never been in the construction business and I can tell you for a fact that anyone that says they can install a 1500 gallon septic tank in a day is not just lying, that individual is stupid.
1,500 gallons X 8 pounds per gallon = 12,000 pounds of weight capacity.
There has to be a proper foundation for the ground to handle that kind of weight and odds are, if a person, licensed or not, is rushing the job, they are not building a foundation capable of handling that kind of weight.
People who take pride don’t worry about time.
It doesn’t take but a few hours to backfill a tank I put hundreds of a man where we’ve done complete systems in eight hours so you can draw it out all you want your background, but reality is the time it takes the time to take
Doing things the right way! This was refreshing and great.
Great video!
Just d it at your speed. Was the other people who said a day using a crew of 4 people?? Nice job
Great video!!😀👍
Cable over top with screw in anchors (at least two )
We had a inspector say the leech line was too long, so we just covered part of it with dirt and he signed off next time out
Lmao
A contractor would have about a 6 man crew, I have never had a septic put in within a day. Maybe a grey water tank for a 1 bedroom cabin. Bunch of bull.
I cannot believe they made you dig such large trenches. I had 3, 1’ x 20’ trenches for a 5 person household 900 sq foot home
Depends on the soil percolator test as how much needed
questio...
leach field pipe...
the white pipe with the holes is approximately schedule 20
(no way drive over it)
the black abs is schedule 40
(can be driven over)
$24 for 10 ft..
have you ever asked an inspector..
could you or not..
if the holes are drilled the same...
use it instead..
seeing it's a higher grade...
and if not why...
or would the city's engineer have to approve the use if it...
I've thought it but never asked.
Red Poppy Ranch
in 38 years running heavy equipment and 7 years electrician...
i found it never hurts to ask..
i've been involved on school district jobs where i thought the design could be inproved..
and descused it with the school district inspectors...
they asked me to build the original design and my design..
actually seeing what the engineers designed, and they could see my concerns...
(the schools in this district are gone thru every 20 years, there's 700 schools in the district).
they liked my design..
it addressed all of my concerns and made every thing easier for the handycaped...
he made a decision on the spot to go with my design...
and went back to the office to fix the paper work..
the nice thing was it didn't cost any more.....
i just changed the flow (water) elevations... making everything better...
what i'm suggesting is.
it never hurts to ask....
and if you get a hard nose inspector..
it never hurts to ask the city engineer....
you wouldn't be asking to build to less than the standard.
but being allowed to build to a higher level...
I would think compacting the soil under the septic. Than placing a layer of pea stone might help it from settling. Could be wrong but i install sewers thats what we do.
I knew you'd make it.
5:41 this dude knows his shit ;)
Good song poppy
Great kid compacting cause son of a bitch will settle if nothing is done compacting in layers should always be donep
Do it once, Do it right!
Since you have a vast knowledge as a plumber and building your house.
Can you explain the pros and cons of aerobic vs anaerobic septic systems....
aerobics was what the women did in the 80's... Anaerobics is what the kids do these days!
Good thing you did it yourself,can't trust know one
You should even have to explain why you are taking your time to do it right, especially when you are for the most part doing alot of this on your own as opposed to someone who may have a dream of guys to do stuff, just getting this far in your build is more than most people could or even would do by themselves, a lot of people just dont understand what it means to "take your time and get it done right the first time " and that taking ur time to do it right the first time is basically the definition of work smarter not harder, because you wont have to fix it every 6 months
I'm a contractor and I love it when other people hurry to make a fast buck.....bc I end up getting a new costumer bc it's f$#$#$# up and not done right
i'm really liking your videos. not just for what you are doing. I want to know why you do it the way you do it. how you do it. and any mistakes you make I want to know why you did it wrong and why it was wrong in the first place. because i'm doing the same thing and my dumb butt just might learn something. I just found yours but I also watch a few others. and the ones that show their mistakes is the ones I keep watching. not to make fun of them but to learn what not to do. and I may even go off grid some day also.
Straw will rot in 1 season. What is the purpose? Compacting dirt around the tank? Why? Rain will do it for free.
If you don't rain will make it tilt cockide and the inlet/ outlet pipe can tear off crack
question....
you used straw as a filter to keep dirt out of your gravel...
in your opinion..
what is the straws life expectancy...
I've got to think it's going to last a long time otherwise it wouldn't be approved. I did about a 6" thick straw bed. I put way more down than needed. As long as I stay off of it I've got to think it will last as long as the tank...
Red Poppy Ranch
as always you are a wealth of information....
thank you.
Actually straw used this way does its job for 50 plus years,i am repair contractor and have amended systems built this. Way. And. The straw. Stays wet and Together, drains water beautifully,,,
Like I said before, this is your property, work it the way you see fit! And also helps that you were a licensed plumber so you should know how it's done right! One word of advice don't listen to others do it your way, if they don't like the way you are doing then they can do it their way on their property
Thanks Charles!