I've lived in an area of Nasville not serviced by sewer systems. Only ever had septic systems. 30+ years at parents house and my house, no problems. Yes, I am that old.
Uncle was head of water works in south Nashville. Learned a lot about water distribution, water treatment, and even how New Orleans even exists by touring pumping stations down there with him.
Pumped septic tanks when I was 16. Egg shells produce calcium carbonate that kills the biome. Had to spray a hose into a tank for 2 hrs once to turn the 1.5 ft of egg shells at the bottom into a slurry and stir it around with a 15 ft pole to pump it all out. That was nasty. Sulpher smell lingers in clothes and hair. Yuck. No egg shells. No garbage disposals. Ever! Also had to pump a baseball field with a tank filled with condoms. I'm surprised I'm still alive.
No grease, no egg shells, no hair, no garbage disposals. Only toilet stuff and shower water at its dirtiest. Put screens over all your drains to catch it all and toss it in the garbage. Hairballs are nasty but will not decompose. See Egyptian mummys for details.
Its not hard to maintain the biome in there. They eat what you just ate. Simple.
Do not drive over the leech field unless you have really fat tires. Tractors, ok. Trucks, not so much. Its just gravel over a corrogated pipe with holes. Not structurally sound.
Low flow toilets and flow restrictors are a septic tank's worst nightmare. They thrive on lots of water. Remove any and all flow restrictors from faucets or drill holes through them and cut those plastic cups out of all toilet tanks. Let the water flow in abundance. We always hold the toilet lever down to get a full flush and adjust the floats for max water level.
I can also explain fluid dynamics and emptying human waste at 1000+ ft depth from a Posiden or Trident submarine (very different), but i am not a plumber so what do i know.
Our systems also had a separate system for grey water from washing mashines that emtied into a much smaller tank with virtually no leech field. Bleach and phosphates, you know. Bad for the biome.
Also no baby wipes, ever. They may say they are safe for septic systems. They're not. Have a second home and neighbors say don't ever put them in there either. Normal sewers there. No baby wipes. Important enough to say twice.
I'm not an expert but unless you've lived with them, had to find them and dig the lid off, had to pump them out, and repair leech fields, you probably don't know much about septic systems. "Been there. Done that."
I've lived in an area of Nasville not serviced by sewer systems. Only ever had septic systems. 30+ years at parents house and my house, no problems. Yes, I am that old.
Uncle was head of water works in south Nashville. Learned a lot about water distribution, water treatment, and even how New Orleans even exists by touring pumping stations down there with him.
Pumped septic tanks when I was 16. Egg shells produce calcium carbonate that kills the biome. Had to spray a hose into a tank for 2 hrs once to turn the 1.5 ft of egg shells at the bottom into a slurry and stir it around with a 15 ft pole to pump it all out. That was nasty. Sulpher smell lingers in clothes and hair. Yuck. No egg shells. No garbage disposals. Ever! Also had to pump a baseball field with a tank filled with condoms. I'm surprised I'm still alive.
No grease, no egg shells, no hair, no garbage disposals. Only toilet stuff and shower water at its dirtiest. Put screens over all your drains to catch it all and toss it in the garbage. Hairballs are nasty but will not decompose. See Egyptian mummys for details.
Its not hard to maintain the biome in there. They eat what you just ate. Simple.
Do not drive over the leech field unless you have really fat tires. Tractors, ok. Trucks, not so much. Its just gravel over a corrogated pipe with holes. Not structurally sound.
Low flow toilets and flow restrictors are a septic tank's worst nightmare. They thrive on lots of water. Remove any and all flow restrictors from faucets or drill holes through them and cut those plastic cups out of all toilet tanks. Let the water flow in abundance. We always hold the toilet lever down to get a full flush and adjust the floats for max water level.
I can also explain fluid dynamics and emptying human waste at 1000+ ft depth from a Posiden or Trident submarine (very different), but i am not a plumber so what do i know.
Our systems also had a separate system for grey water from washing mashines that emtied into a much smaller tank with virtually no leech field. Bleach and phosphates, you know. Bad for the biome.
Also no baby wipes, ever. They may say they are safe for septic systems. They're not. Have a second home and neighbors say don't ever put them in there either. Normal sewers there. No baby wipes. Important enough to say twice.
I'm not an expert but unless you've lived with them, had to find them and dig the lid off, had to pump them out, and repair leech fields, you probably don't know much about septic systems. "Been there. Done that."