DIY 47 - Septic tank emptied and destroyed

A ongoing chronology of work I've done myself around the house. Learned a lot online from others so maybe someone else like me will be interested in seeing how it went for me. It all started about the year 2000. If it's available, watch in high quality. These were old analog tapes recoded to digital. Sometimes it's available - other times it's not - I think youtube is still working on it.

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• foundation
• septic
• tank

[crabtrap]

i see your problem; somebody left guns n' roses in the tank

[shorecat99]

@crabtrap I guess that was the problem...

[BigJD5]

Ever figure out where the drain water went?

[shorecat99]

Well, research shows, it goes into the 2nd small box to which 2 or 3 "field pipes" are attached and spreads it around your yard (yuck), but I just left all that in place because the foundation was just going over the main septic tank and that's what I needed to make solid and the septic hasn't been used for many years. Besides, the stuff that drains off is only the top water. The bad stuff sinks to the bottom and gets pumped out from time to time.

[Exilemainstreet]

That makes sense. It's probably better getting rid of it anyway, just for stablity purposes.

I'm going to build a two story sunroom addition, so I was looking at your footings. I can see I'm going to have go down deeper than I originally thought.

[shorecat99]

depends where you live. the colder the climate (and therefore the frostline), the deeper they want you to go. forgot what my requirement was but I think somewhere between 2 and 3 feet down. one day i'll look up my old plans.

[BassBoostedMega]

1:34 best line on youtube!

[Xsuzukiguy]

Nice background music

[frankiev1231]

did you guy find any big pieces of shit !!! ?? there should be tons of stinky shit !!

[GooglFascists]

Geez just fill it with dirt and forget it, (or might make a dandy

place to hide stuff someday when the SHTF).

[tech4pros1]

i would have filled it with water and got some explosives and blown it into little chunks :)

[TheQuindecillion]

That looks like a lot of freakin' work. You got big balls.

[Danz50]

...I'm weird and into this kinda "crap", but I also think you should make a soundtrack... lol... in this I heard GnR, Heart, and the Rolling Stones... EXCELLENT TASTE IN MUSIC!! haha! Neat to see the progress..