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Well boys, it's already been documented on jounge snap
Feb 22, 2021, 10:17 AM
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might as well put it here too (because MauldinT® can't let a good story go to waste)
Saturday my plan was to take some pressure off of the septic tank. The yard is still soaked. Septic tank can't release the water needed with additional water coming from the house so the system is backing up into the pipes under the house which you can smell through the showers, sinks, etc.
So the plan was to release some of that pressure.
Now, my tank is old. Like henry® old. It's 6 cinderblocks high by about 5 cinder blocks wide. On top are 4 400lb slabs of concrete. No access hole, no rebar to move it. It's a #####.
So instead of removing one entire slab by myself, the plan was to pick up the slab just enough for all of the excess gray water to run into the hole by the tank I dug. I would then use the sump pump to pump out the excess water that ran into the hole into the woods.
All was going great, except the slab would not budge. I used rebar, 2x2's. Everything. Could not get it to budge an inch.
All of a sudden and without any warning, I guess the suction in the tank let go and the entire slab slid a good 6 inches. Off of the block that was holding it up. Sinking it into the tank.
So while I was already ###### I went ahead and pumped out ALL the gray water and got a guy coming today with an excavator or whatever to pick the slab out of the tank and put it back on top.
Brother-in-law came by to get the kids for a sleepover with his girl. He looked at it and said yep you're ######. But it could be worse. I asked him how in the hell it could be worse, his reply, "You could be in the tank too"
So yeah it could have been worse.
I still haven't gotten the smell of raw #### out of my nose.
In the words of aeroreplica, next time I'll just call the man.
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You know, some people say life is short and that you
Feb 22, 2021, 10:24 AM
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could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. ########. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years.
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Can't get hit by the bus if you're the one driving it***
Feb 22, 2021, 10:40 AM
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This is a pretty good idea
Feb 22, 2021, 10:42 AM
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Because it doubles as a kids activity during the summer
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And because it’s a good idea,
Feb 22, 2021, 12:07 PM
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It’s guaranteed FBCoach did not think of it.
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Lol. Pay up. Some things you just do premium and be done
Feb 22, 2021, 12:21 PM
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with it. Septic tanks are on that list, unless you plan to move anytime soon.
Dig it up, put in a new, bigger one. Dig a huge drain field. Bring in 50 tons of gravel. Make an artificial drain field with lots of gravel. Bury it all back. Spend 2 years paying for it. Never worry again.
Alternate option:
Pay a plumber under the table to route everything other than the terlits to a ditch somewhere, or into a gravel drain field separate from the septic tank field.
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Funny... that second suggestion seems familiar
Feb 22, 2021, 1:57 PM
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Would you call the county, though?
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Call the County !
Feb 22, 2021, 3:31 PM
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FBCoachSC® and I live in the same county (don't kink shame.)
The county ain't doing jack.
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that is a HORRIBLE idea
Feb 22, 2021, 2:57 PM
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you need dry soils to filter the water as it moves to an aquifer. Wetlands are the exact opposite of what you need. The long term acceptance rate of the soil is basically zero, like what fbcoach has.
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If he had any dry soil at all he wouldn’t have a problem
Feb 22, 2021, 3:07 PM
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There are a bunch of these in place and working very effectively.
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not in NC lol
Feb 22, 2021, 3:10 PM
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I could just imaging trying to convince a health department that this was a good idea
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Seems there are several
Feb 22, 2021, 3:20 PM
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You didn’t read the link I posted- the septic tank is still there, the drain field is what is replaced
https://vernonjames.ces.ncsu.edu/eleventh-annual-on-site/engineered-ecosystems/Engineered Ecosystems for on-Site Management of Water and Nutrients From Domestic Sewage C.H. House Research Associate, Forestry Department, P.O. Box 8008, N. C. State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8008, (919) 967-6494
INTRODUCTION The use and disposal of water and nutrients both waste these valuable resources and increases their potential for adverse environmental impacts upon ground and surface water. Water laden with nutrients may be managed by low-tech systems such as soil filters, constructed wetlands or the ...
https://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20050915/News/605068698/WMN.C. town takes pride in wetlands sewage plant WALNUT COVE - In a large swath of bottomland beside Town Fork Creek, a serpentine-shaped pond filled with fluorescent green duckweed sparkles in the sunlight as it slowly feeds water into large troughs of cattails.The soft patter of sprayed water falling is punctuated by the sound of geese honking as they take off from the plant-filled lagoons. Deer commonly visit at dusk and dawn.The air smells a little funky, but no more than what one would expect in a marsh. The place feels like a wildlife
https://efc.web.unc.edu/2016/09/23/constructed-wetlands-wastewater-treatment-walnut-cove-nc/
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That's a bit different. These are called lagoons or spray
Feb 22, 2021, 3:53 PM
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irrigation. They are systems with multiple treatments. I guess they attach the wetland name to them to make them more desirable, but there is a lot of treatment that does not come from wetlands. These have been around a long time.
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Not a lagoon - there are no sprayers - I know what those are
Feb 22, 2021, 4:15 PM
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Constructed wetlands are gravity fed no moving parts. I’ve seen them in person. One was a part of a project I worked on where we daylighted a stream and that eliminated the space for the drain field, another fed a stream we monitored for compliance. They are specifically designed for areas with very shallow water tables or impermeable soils.
Like I said, the septic tank is still there doing the initial treatment you’re just replacing the underground drain field with an above ground solution. Which is what is FB’s issue.
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that makes sense. Maybe that would be a solution for him***
Feb 22, 2021, 5:33 PM
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Your first mistake was assuming SC has a health department***
Feb 22, 2021, 3:25 PM
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Uhhh, they do. Where do you think I got a sack full of
Feb 22, 2021, 3:39 PM
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free condoms in high school?
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Easy to confuse Popeyes and government agencies.***
Feb 22, 2021, 3:48 PM
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Was Popeye's even around in the 90s? Not in my town, for
Feb 22, 2021, 3:54 PM
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sure. We just got one last year.
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Quick googling says
Feb 22, 2021, 5:06 PM
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Popeyes began franchising in 1976 after a few failed attempts as other brands.
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Yeah.
Feb 22, 2021, 5:19 PM
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Olive Oyl's and Bluto's never worked out for them. Wimpy's would have, but people just wanted to get burgers today but pay for them next Tuesday.
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Re: Well boys, it's already been documented on jounge snap
Feb 22, 2021, 12:19 PM
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I must say, I'll take paying a water bill every month
Feb 22, 2021, 1:07 PM
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over having to deal with that ####.
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After 25+ years, Mom and Dad had to redo their drain fields
Feb 22, 2021, 1:56 PM
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so 25 years with a $100/mo water bill is about $30k and I am pretty sure the initial installation and the rework did not cost $30k together.
It was a REAL pain in the rear when they had problems though. I will HOPEFULLY sell my house before that ever happens. Been here 6 years so I think I have time, but this terrible rain and the water sitting in my yard gives me concern.
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Yep.
Feb 22, 2021, 2:14 PM
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I really need for America to embrace the concept of global drying right now.
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I've done it once in 10 years, and probably didn't need to
Feb 22, 2021, 5:08 PM
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Grand total, $125.
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I've never had a house with a septic tank.
Feb 22, 2021, 5:35 PM
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This one does, but I don't own it. If it were mine, I'd connect it to city sewer.
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btw, spetic tanks do not have gray water***
Feb 22, 2021, 2:52 PM
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Exactly what he's going for
Feb 22, 2021, 2:57 PM
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His neighbor now has all of his gray water, duh.
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Re: I think he is trying to siphon off the liquids and let
Feb 22, 2021, 3:13 PM
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And goes against solids settling physics
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my tank drains just fine***
Feb 22, 2021, 3:13 PM
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That's because your hemorrhoid's only let you poop
Feb 23, 2021, 9:04 AM
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once a day.
Go eat your prunes
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