The joys of septic tanks

[Zerk]

Why do you say that? I have been married to my first and only wife for 46 years. .

says the goat at the petting zoo. Just cause you have been married all those years doesn't men it was good. So many men are submissive to their wives. Just like we would agree that a woman being in abusive marriage is bad.

Not following you, zerk. Don’t know when the patio was put in. Who knows if they knew they were covering the line to the tank. No indications. The tank is not paved over just part of the line from the house to it.

On telling the wife ‘no’. I have no idea what you are talking about! Please explain.

I mean men becoming wusses is sad. Many men do not have a parthnership with their wives, but rather their wives order the around. Sad

I also think it is anful idea to pave or build over a septic. I was being smart allec about men not being able to say no their wife when she wanted to put patio, where it should not go.

I am sure it happens. But I just don't know anyone who would do such a thing.

 

[two_bit_score]

Don’t know when the patio was put in. Who knows if they knew they were covering the line to the tank. No indications. The tank is not paved over just part of the line from the house to it.

Look on the bright side. It’s just one small opening and root clog. Sounds like it will be an easy fix.

I have an old house built in the 1920’s with cast iron waste pipes. 3 baths. Trees and bushes close to the house that had been growing for years. All clogged up and root bound over time. It was a mess.

It is on City sewer not septic but that won’t keep the lines clear of roots.

I hate trees and bushes near any building.


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[Zerk]

Ya I am not sure if would be panicing about the joints like some have said.


Old sewers are not glued PVC even with city sewer. Then you got the drainage field which is pipe with holes in it.

 

[dragoneggs]

Look on the bright side. It’s just one small opening and root clog. Sounds like it will be an easy fix.

I have an old house built in the 1920’s with cast iron waste pipes. 3 baths. Trees and bushes close to the house that had been growing for years. All clogged up and root bound over time. It was a mess.

It is on City sewer not septic but that won’t keep the lines clear of roots.

I hate trees and bushes near any building.


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Yeah, really not too bad. Just a chunk of patio in the least conspicuous spot in an area I typically store stuff undercover that doesn't move much at all! Just the hassle and dollars. Fixed now and hopefully we don't get repeat offenses from this beautiful Sequioa tree that is about 30 feet away and the only one around. At least as big as this one. Sequioas are not a local tree here. Firs and Cedars of various types along with maples, etc.

This tree must have been planted more than 40 years ago. It is more than 3ft in diameter at the base. Just too bad it is located just off the corner of the house on the same grade. Maybe longer... the hill was logged (virgin timber) for shipment by barge to Alaska a hundred years ago... another story.

 

[two_bit_score]

Yeah, really not too bad. Just a chunk of patio in the least conspicuous spot in an area I typically store stuff undercover that doesn't move much at all! Just the hassle and dollars. Fixed now and hopefully we don't get repeat offenses from this beautiful Sequioa tree that is about 30 feet away and the only one around. At least as big as this one. Sequioas are not a local tree here. Firs and Cedars of various types along with maples, etc.

This tree must have been planted more than 40 years ago. It is more than 3ft in diameter at the base. Just too bad it is located just off the corner of the house on the same grade. Maybe longer... the hill was logged (virgin timber) for shipment by barge to Alaska a hundred years ago... another story.

Sounds like a very interesting place with a lot of character. Glad you got the drain line fixed without much additional problem. I hate to do plumbing repairs. I usually wind up learning something the hard way.


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[oosik]

All my four risers are Johns Manville 24"diameter, heavy wall industrial pipe with commercial covers. The lids are designed so they can be driven on. The covers are lawn green - so only really noticeable with the seasons first light snows.

There was considerable problems with new house construction in Anchorage. Folks would add on a garage or carport AFTER the house was completed. An awful lot of times this later addition would be right over where the main sewer line exited the house. Resulted in a lot of concrete cutting and hand digging if there was no outside cleanout. One of the biggest bug-a-boo's for septic problems - the garbage disposal unit. This one unit resulted in more main line plug ups than anything to do with trees. Kept Mr Roto Rooter & the like in business.

Probably also because very few trees/shrubs grew well in Anchorage.

 

[Diggin It]

Okay. Another discovery. Found the root. Ran along the foundation wall. Penetrated the connection from black ABS to the PVC pipe connected with a rubber sleeve.


House built in 1986. I知 not the original owner so I seem to learn something about it痴 construction whenever I get into a project. Note the sharp turn the drain takes after exiting the house and turns to the septic tank.

Was that installed by Howard & Fine Plumbing and Ice Block Delivery?

 

[Diggin It]

My BX isn't too heavy and I would try to avoid it as most of the time I would be straddling it but might roll a front wheel over it. Just don't want something wimpy.

I asked about that somewhere here just after I got mine and it was strongly suggested to NOT drive a 2,000 pound machine over the tank area.

 

[Oldoak]

Had a water line from the meter to the house that ran near a sweetgum tree. That tree root grew over the line and eventually put enough pressure on top of it that the pipe cracked on the bottom. Slow leak that just kept the ground damp. It was a rent house so I didn稚 see any increase in water because I wasn稚 paying the bill. Hardest part fixing it was cutting out the tree root.

Well, the tree needed water to drink too. It just helped itself.

 

[cat fever]

Just caught up on the thread, glad you got it fixed without having to dig much up. It's amazing that it only takes one very small leak and a root will find it. Now that it's all glued and the "no-hub band/fernco" coupling is gone I think you're in good shape for many,many years to come.:thumbsup: