Septic 101

It's here! Our septic is being installed, today. It was a bit of a surprise this morning when the trucks showed up. I wasn't expecting them. But there they were at 7am. It'll be a mess out front, for a bit but we'll finally have a septic and we won't be wondering how much longer we could go without it.

These loops are what the liquid waste is run through- or the leaching field.

Looking for the existing cesspool. Surprise! There isn't one or at least there isn't one any longer. It may have collapsed. At least the pond will finally have a chance to clean up.

Close call with the crane and the electrical wires, this guy wasn't even sweating.

The concrete blocks are the bottom and top of the tank.

Lifting into the hole. Just made it under the wire, literally.

Oops, the tank is in the right spot, but needs to be 4" further down and then we won't need a pump. They pull it up and dig a bit more out and set it in the hole again.

Lid on- over a water stop sealant. They are ready to lay the leaching field out. Waiting for a layer of sand, silt, dust to be unloaded in order to lay the leaching bed out.