AM64
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Probably okay. I can't believe you have never had it pumped in that many years. You all must not eat much fiber.
Consider yourself lucky. Since 2004, we have lived in 3 houses full time, 2 that we owned and 1 that we rented. We have had 5 septic tank pumpings. The first was in a house we built that filled after 10 years with the same symptoms as yours.I just assumed all that bacteria out there was doing it's thing properly, and we weren't harming it too much with detergents and other cleaners going down the drain. It works well enough that I can do a load of dishes and take a real quick shower if we give it a little time to recuperate and drain down in between events. I'm gauging when it's OK to do those things by the water level in the downstairs toilet; I turned off the water to the tank so the level kinda reflects the state of things - right now something like up 1/3 and sludgy - amazingly there's no smell even though it looks like there should be.
Nice man, I sincerely enjoy the pics.View attachment 269302
Caught our limit of reds sunday, plus one little trout. The cooler we brought was not the optimal size for a couple of those reds.
Not the best day but could have been worse. It was 94 degrees though.. a Jacksonville march record high. I got a little tan.
Hopefully they have a jackhammer.That’s going to be a solid mass when they open it up.
I’m on the ridge in Hixson. Where are you?
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Some companies will tell the owner they need the water jet to break it up and try to pad the bill. That’s BS. All they have to do is punch a hole in it so they can draw some liquid out. Then dump the liquid back in. That will bust up the solid. They may have to repeat the process several timesHopefully they have a jackhammer.
I think he said it hadn't been pumped before, and it's going on 40 years.Some companies will tell the owner they need the water jet to break it up and try to pad the bill. That’s BS. All they have to do is punch a hole in it so they can draw some liquid out. Then dump the liquid back in. That will bust up the solid. They may have to repeat the process several times
I thought that there were 2 sides or chambers, and the solids went to the bottom in the near (house) side and forced the liquids over the side to side divider to the side nearest to and then out of the exit line. Once the near side fills with solids, wouldn't they then go over the divider into the far side?? Don't the solids go to the bottom, wastewater to the middle, and oils and grease (scum) floats on top? It looks to me like if there were enough solids, it would force all the water out and basically be like LG....i.e. full of sh!t, no? I'm not an expert on this, but I have seen the inside of a tank.If it just stopped working it means the solid on top finally got thick enough to cover the exit to the feild lines. There is going to be water under that crust.
basically when you don’t empty the tanks solids will start to sit on top of the scum and oil creating a crust so the tank eventually is like an Oreo will solids on top and bottom with Liquid in the middle.I thought that there were 2 sides or chambers, and the solids went to the bottom in the near (house) side and forced the liquids over the side to side divider to the side nearest to and then out of the exit line. Once the near side fills with solids, wouldn't they then go over the divider into the far side?? Don't the solids go to the bottom, wastewater to the middle, and oils and grease (scum) floats on top? It looks to me like if there were enough solids, it would force all the water out and basically be like LG....i.e. full of sh!t, no? I'm not an expert on this, but I have seen the inside of a tank.
You can pass out and die if you do. A guy who looked at ours in the house we rented, pumped it dry, got in by ladder, held his breath, and climbed out after about 10-15 seconds after finding out the pipe coming out of the house no longer lined up to flow in the tank.I'll take your word on that. Some of us gave enough sense not to get in the tank.
This happened to me once. When the tank was installed the pipe coming in wasn’t cut off as short as it should have been. This created a clog where the pipe entered the tank. My lot slopes down to the front yard and the tank. I took the top off and saw the problem. I figured the clog was just what little I could see so I used the shovel to knock it off..... well.... I was wrong.... and thankfully standing on the uphill side of the tank because after I hit the clog with the shovel..... it broke loose and there was some serious pressure behind it...it looked like a freaking fire hose and was spewing off of the tank. Had I been facing uphill I’d have been car washedSorry I missed this.
I’ll read on in a second to see if you have an answer.....but......you could have something stuck in the drain pipe before the tank. You should have a clean out under the house where the line leaves the house. You can open that line an attempt to clear the line.