Anyone own a septic tank?

[Lake View Too]

The current hook up fee is around $5000. Not too many people are clamoring for that kind of deal until something starts bubbling back up the toilet.

 

[30ashopper]

The current hook up fee is around $5000. Not too many people are clamoring for that kind of deal until something starts bubbling back up the toilet.

From what I've been reading outlier, low land homes and areas need extensive equipment to make it work. Things like "grinder pumps" (which do exactly what it sounds like they do ) and holding tanks need to be installed. Which might explain why the costs are so high.

 

[Matt J]

From what I've been reading outlier, low land homes and areas need extensive equipment to make it work. Things like "grinder pumps" (which do exactly what it sounds like they do ) and holding tanks need to be installed. Which might explain why the costs are so high.

The grinder pumps are common due to our topography, but Regional Utilities will finance those at a very low rate for up to 30 years and add it to the bill.

 

[LuciferSam]

From what I've been reading outlier, low land homes and areas need extensive equipment to make it work. Things like "grinder pumps" (which do exactly what it sounds like they do ) and holding tanks need to be installed. Which might explain why the costs are so high.

They call them lift stations. If you're too low for gravity to make your water flow to the sewer line, you'll need one. They are activated when water gets into their very small tank. In the event of a power failure you just have to hold it in or go out back, perhaps dig a latrine. I can't imagine anybody with a working septic system wanting to go this route.

 

[Lake View Too]

They call them lift stations. If you're too low for gravity to make your water flow to the sewer line, you'll need one. They are activated when water gets into their very small tank. In the event of a power failure you just have to hold it in or go out back, perhaps dig a latrine. I can't imagine anybody with a working septic system wanting to go this route.

Plus, I've seen these things proliferate in places where logic would tell you that a normal gravity system ought to work. I think Regional Utilities might suggest these things when they are not always necessary.

 

[LuciferSam]

Plus, I've seen these things proliferate in places where logic would tell you that a normal gravity system ought to work. I think Regional Utilities might suggest these things when they are not always necessary.

Right, on top of everything else, the whole affair can be kind of a racket.