dlabrie
Gold Member
The baffle (the wall that keeps the solids out of the leach field) in my septic tank is crumbling. And my 32 year old leach field is just about shot. I have 2 questions.
1. Can I take a piece of 4” drain pipe, say 18” long, Put a T in the middle, kind of like this… ╣ then insert a 6” piece into the T, then put it into the pipe going to the leach field to fix the problem with the baffle?
2. My leach field is 10’X20’. I have the plans. It gives the depth of sand, stone, etc. If I get a load of stone and sand and new perforated pipe, could I dig out the old system and repair it myself? I have a B2910 w/ FEL and tooth bar. I have a place to get rid of the old stone, etc. I guess I am curious if this is too big of a job for my B2910, or me, for that matter.
I may be naive, but, don’t I just have to remove the topsoil, dig out the stone and sand, replace the sand, some stone, make sure it is level, lay in the pipe, cover with more stone, landscape fabric and and loam? Am I missing something?
Thanks.
1. Can I take a piece of 4” drain pipe, say 18” long, Put a T in the middle, kind of like this… ╣ then insert a 6” piece into the T, then put it into the pipe going to the leach field to fix the problem with the baffle?
2. My leach field is 10’X20’. I have the plans. It gives the depth of sand, stone, etc. If I get a load of stone and sand and new perforated pipe, could I dig out the old system and repair it myself? I have a B2910 w/ FEL and tooth bar. I have a place to get rid of the old stone, etc. I guess I am curious if this is too big of a job for my B2910, or me, for that matter.
I may be naive, but, don’t I just have to remove the topsoil, dig out the stone and sand, replace the sand, some stone, make sure it is level, lay in the pipe, cover with more stone, landscape fabric and and loam? Am I missing something?
Thanks.