Septic Tank Drain Field

We carry in stock 4 different sizes of the infiltrator quick 4 chambers infiltrator quick 4 standard chambers.

Septic tank drain field.

Heavy solids settle to the bottom of the tank while greases and lighter solids float to the top. When the leach field becomes too full of nonbiodegradable material from the tank to allow water to leach into the soil the water sits on the surface and the leach field is. Over time leach fields can build up sludge or tree roots can grow into them to form clogs which causes your septic tank to back up or leak into your yard. A septic leach field also known as a drain field disperses wastewater from your septic tank and removes contaminants before it soaks deeper into the soil.

You will want to choose a site that is away from the house but close to the tank. If placed in an area with good ground absorption a drain field can last up to 10 years. A buried watertight tank designated and constructed to receive and partially treat raw domestic sanitary wastewater. A septic drain field a septic tank and associated piping compose a septic system.

Septic solutions is a distributor of the infiltrator quick 4 leach field chamber system. This however is not true. All effluent from septic tanks or aerobic tanks shall be discharged to a subsurface treatment system. Septic drain fields also called leach fields or leach drains are subsurface wastewater disposal facilities used to remove contaminants and impurities from the liquid that emerges after anaerobic digestion in a septic tank organic materials in the liquid are catabolized by a microbial ecosystem.

Leach fields b absorption field systems conventional septic leach fields. Many people with septic system problems such as odor slow draining sinks and tubs gurgling pipes backups and sewage water ponding in their yard mistakenly assume the cause of these issues is their septic tank. The septic tank digests organic matter and separates floatable matter e g oils and grease and solids from the wastewater. Surface discharge of septic tank or aerobic unit effluent shall not be approved by the department of health or a local health department acting as its agent.

34 w x 52 l x 12 t. While all septic tank drain fields require regular inspection you can save a lot of money by digging one yourself. Step 1 choose your site. The solids stay in the tank while the wastewater is discharged to the drainfield for further treatment and dispersal.

A failed leach field. Septic tanks last from 15 to 30 years. The most common cause of septic system problems and failure is their septic system absorption component more commonly known as a drainfield becoming. Unfortunately drain fields also known as leach fields do not last that long.