My septic system is starting to smell like the legislative, and executive branches of gov't. The ground above the leech line is begining to resemble a rainforest. So do I need an outhouse or a take out a 2nd to put in a new system?
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alwayswonderin
ANSWERS: 6
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Hard to say without both knowing the size of your system and how your perk test results are. How often did you pump out? How much rainfall/snowmelt have you had recently?
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Nice wording. Very discriptive and so true. I think it would be best to take the second and put in a new system. An outhouse would eventually start to smell like our excutive and legislative brachs too.
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Hire a professional to assess the problem. If it continues it could become worse and start smelling like the judicial branch. Yeecccchhhhh.
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Since you would need to get the tank pumped before you put in a new leach, go ahead and get that done first and see if it helps, though if it's already saturating your leach lines, it sure seems like you'll have to get that new system put in. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes. My husband just put in our septic system, pump tanks, sand mound, and dispersion field last year and what a huge dirty expensive job that was and we did the work ourselves. An outhouse will only solve ONE problem. What do you do with sink water, shower water etc?
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You need to get the septic tank pumped. Until you do, don't run washing machine, shower, tub, etc. as "icky" will back up into your house. Good luck finding and digging the cap on the septic tank. Great fun, huh?
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Pump it out and if you put in another, do one for the sewage and one for the laundry use. That's what we did when we built our home. Two separate tanks and it works great. We still have them pumped every 5 years or so. Stop a problem before it starts and it isn't that expensive.
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