had to have it done, been at least 10 years since it was done. only the toilets go in to the tank, grey water is bypassed to the distribution box. tank is in between it house and the addition, half inside/half outside! fun fun.broke the second lid getting it off,18"concrete lid are a thing of the past.had to adapt a plastic one to it.clay tile construction! 1945-47ish!

Just had mine pumped out Monday. Plastic tank, new 17 years ago, never been pumped out, only toilet goes into it. Really didn't need to be pumped out other than the first several years septic safe flushable wipes were put down it. Well they were safe and flushed but did not break down. 4'x5' and 10" thick floating mat of solid, locked together wipes. Took the guy 45 min. of constant work to suck them up. Total bill $565 of which $150 was extra driving cost to get here. So lesson is zero wipes of any kind.

mine cost $275!
them "flushable" wipes made me lots of money! i was a plumber, lots of blockages from them.

https://youtu.be/Wn6fKAvj5WEwipes are flushable but bad

May be a silly question as I don't know what kind of tank it was, But why did you take off both lids? IF that's the one you broke.

My septic system just turned 16 years old, Pumped every 3 years. Have grey water & washer water going in, Only paper, No wipes and try to keep kitchen grease away as much as possible. Always have that layer of hard soap on top when pumped. Had one go bad years ago, pipe clogged before the leach field in the middle of the lawn, snow on the ground & it looked like a S*** fountain.

this was a old system, separate tanks. easier to pump both while he's here than call him back later! notice its made out of terra cotta pipe!

That is an old system. I agree.

I've also heard that Rid-X isn't good for the septic tanks too. Totally the opposite of what they advertise.

We get ours pumped every two years, and so far the system has held up well. This year the first settling tank was filled to the very top with solids....I know I have been told I am full of it, but wow, even my enemies would say that was in excess of wildest expectations...

had mine pumped 3 years ago I think. I'll probably have it done again in a year or two. Getting that cleaned out every 4 or 5 years will double the life of your leach field or more.

ridex is junk. just go into the grocery store and buy a packet of yeast. once the microbes get going just feed them poop!

ridex is junk. just go into the grocery store and buy a packet of yeast. once the microbes get going just feed them poop!

That sounds like overkill to me. I use the right kind of single ply toilet paper and my tank has not been pumped out every since I placed it in1989.

Having a room indoors dedicated to taking a dump, are not in the blueprints out there...Here in Michigan we are digging a new pit for the hunting camp 2 hole path bath!

Bingo, you do not want solids going into the leach field and causing a failure.

It all depends on the junk people flush down their toilet. My dad just got his license for installing septic systems. Paper towels will do a number to your septic system. Sometimes simple stuff will make a mess of things. People need to use a little common sense with what they flush or dump down the drain. Septic people seem to be slammed with business one way or the other in my neighborhood.

People have no common sense.....my brother had guests for a week and you would not believe the stuff they flushed down the toilet...I got the call because I have the snake( I told him to dump the stuff ion their suitcase!)