Anyone here install their own septic

[Jstpssng]

Liquid runs downhill. I had to get a site plan and permit... the plan tells exactly what needs to be done. Here's a snip of the plan for the house lot I bought last year, which can give you an idea of what needs to be done. Plastic tanks may be easy to use, but they also float.

 

[4570Man]

Liquid runs downhill. I had to get a site plan and permit... the plan tells exactly what needs to be done. View attachment 681961 Here's a snip of the plan for the house lot I bought last year, which can give you an idea of what needs to be done. Plastic tanks may be easy to use, but they also float.

Is that mounded up on top of the ground vs dug? Locally the ditches are supposed to be level with at maximum 4” downhill slope allowed.

 

[Jstpssng]

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It's a mound, which is the way they seem to be going here. I would rather do that than infiltrators though.

 

[4570Man]

How are you supposed to deal with that once it’s done? That looks like a completely ruined yard in the making.

 

[buck12]

I don’t know what the code in your area is but locally a homeowner can do the work but it must still be permitted and pass inspection. Well that’s for a new construction. If it’s not a new construction you have more freedom. But putting in a septic isn’t high profit work at least locally. You’d probably be better off hiring it done especially if you need to rent a machine.

That is exactly what I found when building my cabin. I did a lot of work myself but some things it almost as cheap to have the expert do it.

 

[Jstpssng]

How are you supposed to deal with that once it’s done? That looks like a completely ruined yard in the making.

People plant grass and treat it like a lawn. The system I cited above was raw ground on a rocky sidehill with boulders as big as dinosaur eggs. It was installed in 2004 but never used, I bought it for a eemigly good price and hope to take what little wood there is off it, clean it up a bit, get permits and power, then hopefully make a little money off it. Of course the day after I list it will be the day the real estate market crashes...

 

[RoyKing]

Your permitting group will tell what they want, you could also call a contractor and ask what he would put in. You might end up with mound. Unless you have access to the backhoe it will be hard to save much money. If you land looks like pics roots will be your enemy, at the distribution box put in a access point I used Piece on 1.5" pvc up about 3 feet so I don't run over mowing. Every 6 months dump in 1.5# of copper sulphate the blue stuff it will kill tree roots and not kill the trees. 38 years same system never pumped out.

 

[1930]

Id just like to be clear that again their is no structure on the property yet, just trying to get the small stuff done, well was put in, I had electric and now Im thinking the septic. I do know where I plan to place the home, Im only guessing that as long as its away from my well ( I think the requirement is 75 feet but I would be double that ) and its downhill from the planned home location ( it is ) than I will be ok.

I have a backhoe, tree roots are pretty much non-existant cause I yanked everything out with an excavator and its all sand

 

[Jstpssng]

its all sand

In that case you probably will be able to put it right in the ground. Mounds and infiltrators are for places with poorly drained soil. On my place here I figured I would save about $1000 if I'd done it myself, because of the material I would have to have trucked in.

 

[Frankenkubota]

Here if you can get by with the minimum requirements for a 3 bedroom gravity system which is a 900 gallon tank and 250 foot of line you can get it installed including materials excluding the permit for $3500-4000. Some of the more elaborate pump systems can run 5 figures.

I'm in NC. I'm on orange mud/clay. I'm building a 2 bdrm house but I had the land perked for 4 bedrooms for the future, you never know. That would have required a 1000 gal tank and because of the clay, an extra 50ft of drain pipe per bdrm. My house looks down on a creek so the only place to put the drain field was uphill.

Then I told them 1 of the bedrooms would be in a different building, both buildings within 50 ft of the tank.

Because the 3rd bedroom is in a separate building, I'm required to install not 1 1000 gal tank but 2 1500 gal tanks. I guess most the work is done in the first tank and the 2nd tank just sees black water. When the second tank fills, the pump goes on. I think that's what they told me.

The county health folks are great. It took 7 weeks and later found out it could have been done in 2 days by a private soil scientist, for extra $ but, nice people and helpful!

I'm old, single and live alone. I tried to bet the county guy that, in my lifetime, I couldn't fill both tanks and that i bet the pump might never turn on.

Quote is well over $10K.