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WHAT KIND OF SOIL DO YOU HAVE?  SILTY, CLAY? 

YOU MAY NEED TO PREFORM A PERCOLATION TEST?  CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR HEALTH DEPT.

ALWAYS use a drainage fabric to keep soil from clogging your leach stone trenches.

   #2 stone for best drainage

NEVER DRIVE OVER YOUR SEPTIC TANK OR LEACH FIELD!

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PUMPED OUT YOUR TANK?

DOES YOUR TANK HAVE A RISER?  OR AN OUTLET FILTER?

WHAT KIND OF SEPTIC TANK DO YOU HAVE?

OLD FASHION: Steel tanks, the baffles and lids are now deteriorating.  Some homes have home made Cess pools, pits and mig-shift tanks.  Your Solids need to be contained, once leaving your tank area you are contaminating your soil.

DO YOU HAVE A DISTRIBUTION BOX?   INSPECT FOR CRACKING, IT MUST BE LEVEL!

OLD FASHION:  WHAT KIND OF PIPING IS IN YOUR LEACH?  Orange-berg pipe is deteriorating from the inside-out and very corrosive.

DOES YOUR LEACH AREA HAVE STONE? FELT PAPER?  DRY WELLS? SIX FOOT ON CENTER BETWEEN THE TRENCHES.

 CURRENTLY: Concrete tanks are being used, but can still deteriorate over a long period of time.

NEW AGE:

last updated 5-13-08