11-20-2023, 12:04 PM
I've got you all beat. My septic tank system just failed after 40 years. Now I am being told that not only do I have to replace the entire leach field, but I now have to have a second septic tank with and electric pump to force the sewage uphill to where the new lines have to be.
When I got the permit showing the field in our front yard I told the installer that we have a water line that runs through our front line. He said that he would talk to the guy who issued the permit to see if that would help get us a break. Instead the permit guy said we have to move the entire water line because the front yard is the only place we can put the septic lines. And there is not another house withing a quarter mile of me.
This is going to cost major money. I am guessing $10-$15K. And then I will have a complicated system that will not work when the elctric is out and will probably break down regularly.
When I got the permit showing the field in our front yard I told the installer that we have a water line that runs through our front line. He said that he would talk to the guy who issued the permit to see if that would help get us a break. Instead the permit guy said we have to move the entire water line because the front yard is the only place we can put the septic lines. And there is not another house withing a quarter mile of me.
This is going to cost major money. I am guessing $10-$15K. And then I will have a complicated system that will not work when the elctric is out and will probably break down regularly.
