How long has your home been there? If your state is like mine (KY) then it would have been permitted through the Health Department. The backhoe operator can't even dig until he gets the permit and the Health Department Person comes out, looks at the area, and then TELLS the backhoe operator where HE/SHE wants it put. We know as we had to do this for my daughter. There should be a record of whoever decided the slope and where to place the Septic Tank at your Health Department. DO NOT TELL THEM ABOUT THE PIPE. They may make you dig up the entire yard. Just tell them you need to know so that you can have it pumped. There should be some sort of map layout with your info on it. Hope this helps.
I was only suggesting Pumping the tank as an excuse to find out if they have diagram of it so as not to cause you any harm of having to dig and repair the entire system.
In (KY), YOU do not get to decide where or how you want your system installed. My best friends husband owns a backhoe service and installs plenty. One man wanted his system in a different location, but James told the man it had to be put where the Lady at the Health Dept. told him to put it. The man kept insisting so James put it where the man wanted it. The Health Dept always comes back to inspect the final installment before allowing it to be covered up. When the Lady arrived, she made James dig it back out and put it where she said. So James had told the man beforehand that he would charge him twice because he wouldn't listen and so the man had to pay James for 2 installments.
How long has your home been there? If your state is like mine (KY) then it would have been permitted through the Health Department. The backhoe operator can't even dig until he gets the permit and the Health Department Person comes out, looks at the area, and then TELLS the backhoe operator where HE/SHE wants it put. We know as we had to do this for my daughter. There should be a record of whoever decided the slope and where to place the Septic Tank at your Health Department. DO NOT TELL THEM ABOUT THE PIPE. They may make you dig up the entire yard. Just tell them you need to know so that you can have it pumped. There should be some sort of map layout with your info on it. Hope this helps.
I was only suggesting Pumping the tank as an excuse to find out if they have diagram of it so as not to cause you any harm of having to dig and repair the entire system.
In (KY), YOU do not get to decide where or how you want your system installed. My best friends husband owns a backhoe service and installs plenty. One man wanted his system in a different location, but James told the man it had to be put where the Lady at the Health Dept. told him to put it. The man kept insisting so James put it where the man wanted it. The Health Dept always comes back to inspect the final installment before allowing it to be covered up. When the Lady arrived, she made James dig it back out and put it where she said. So James had told the man beforehand that he would charge him twice because he wouldn't listen and so the man had to pay James for 2 installments.