Septic leach field in rough shape...

[patvetzal]

A friend installed a septic system at a cottage. It lasted about a year.....turns out the owner was a nurse and a neat freak who used a bottle of Javix EACH WEEK for floor cleaning, laundry, etc.
A couple of years ago we also found our lawn got wet one spring. Turns out that the septic pump had been plumbed into the drainage system. Worked fine for years, then in 2013 things got wetter than normal....

[Splaker]

When I read 25k my heart stopped for a few moments. I hope that is not the case. We are really scrEwed if that's the case.

I would like like to contact this company and set something up.

update; the area dried out completely today. The guests are gone. We had 42 people over for my dads 80th. My sister and her husband were here from the US and the house got heavy use from Thursday to Sunday. However I have noticed the water rise when it rains too so I don't know what that means. We are low on the water table.perhaps this is normal. But the smell was really bad this weekend. And
it's bad after rain. Perhaps this is normal and we will have to live with it. I was going to put in a drain from the wet spot leading to an existing drainage because up until this weekend I was sure it was just a low wet spot. The smell and the colour of the grass convinced me otherwise. I will take some pics tomorrow to illustrate.

Thanks

[exgunner]

A 800 gallon septic tank is worth about 1250 of the tank is done but I doubt that is the issue, there are several types of leaching beds, traditional uses the white drain tile with holes at four and seven and run about 40 cents a foot . Normally about 320 feet for s three bedroom house. The bed can be redused using an infiltrator tile but they run 28 for four foot length. Your bed should not pool water when it rains. Do yourself a favour and dig a hole beside your bed down at least three feet and see what happens. There should be no sign of water or high water mark in that 90cm hole this is code. If there is no water fill the hole with water and time how long it takes to go down we can figure out your soils percolation which will tell you how many feet of tiles you need. It could be as simple as your distribution box not being level and pouring more down one or two lines instead of the whole bed. I can install a septic here for about five grand ( we do have cheep sand here near Sauble lol). If you do need to raise your bed I would recommend a filter bed which is only two loads of special filtersand, and four runs of 16 feet of infiltrator pipe takes up small foot print and saves on trucking keep me informed of how you make out

[Splaker]

A 800 gallon septic tank is worth about 1250 of the tank is done but I doubt that is the issue, there are several types of leaching beds, traditional uses the white drain tile with holes at four and seven and run about 40 cents a foot . Normally about 320 feet for s three bedroom house. The bed can be redused using an infiltrator tile but they run 28 for four foot length. Your bed should not pool water when it rains. Do yourself a favour and dig a hole beside your bed down at least three feet and see what happens. There should be no sign of water or high water mark in that 90cm hole this is code. If there is no water fill the hole with water and time how long it takes to go down we can figure out your soils percolation which will tell you how many feet of tiles you need. It could be as simple as your distribution box not being level and pouring more down one or two lines instead of the whole bed. I can install a septic here for about five grand ( we do have cheep sand here near Sauble lol). If you do need to raise your bed I would recommend a filter bed which is only two loads of special filtersand, and four runs of 16 feet of infiltrator pipe takes up small foot print and saves on trucking keep me informed of how you make out

I'm going to try the percolation test. Will let you know how it goes. Going to take some pics too of the general spot.

[waltman]

Maybe if you're in an area that has springs that come up after heavy rains or spring time it is overloading the system with water pushing raw material out before being digested in the tank. Just a thought I had after reading this, maybe watch for a while and see if a pattern develops after a heavy rain.

[Splaker]

Maybe if you're in an area that has springs that come up after heavy rains or spring time it is overloading the system with water pushing raw material out before being digested in the tank. Just a thought I had after reading this, maybe watch for a while and see if a pattern develops after a heavy rain.

Pottageville is notoriously sitting on a high water table. We live next to a major swamp land, which is an extension of the Holland Marsh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottageville,_Ontario

Perhaps they made a mistake originally when they located one of the weepers at the lowest (or close to lowest) part of my lot in an area that is wet to begin with.

Going to dig and see what happens with the P test.

[exgunner]

Keep In mind splaker as a home owner you are alowed to do your own septic. I have my bcin to design. A septic system is nothing more the. A tank distribution box and series of drain pipe. Publications Ontario has a study guide I think it is 150 dollars now but covers the septic course ,and tells you how to design , and install a system.if you think it is gone, then it wouldBe worth the investment, cause at that point you are only hire ing a high hoe by the hour. should be around a 100/120 per and trucking in some filter sand and topsoil.

[line052]

Great advice..

Keep In mind splaker as a home owner you are alowed to do your own septic. I have my bcin to design. A septic system is nothing more the. A tank distribution box and series of drain pipe. Publications Ontario has a study guide I think it is 150 dollars now but covers the septic course ,and tells you how to design , and install a system.if you think it is gone, then it wouldBe worth the investment, cause at that point you are only hire ing a high hoe by the hour. should be around a 100/120 per and trucking in some filter sand and topsoil.