Salt , where water exits septic. Maybe.

i used to mix salt water and put it down into the septic tank. Takes a while ,might have to jump start the enzymes when it opens up.

Drain lines come out near the top of the tank. Typically not very deep .
Couple saw horses , concrete blanket , and a propane heater ! Weather is favorable.

Typically caused by driving over them.

If you know were the field end
Dig a hole there and let it drain ?
I have never heard of a field freezing…..
there is not that much water in a field pipe.
Drain rock should not allow for freezing

straw would burn off before it did anything to the soil. But if you have some dead trees around, that could work well.

If it were me, I would reduce water till spring and pump again if you have too. In the spring, I would cover the tank and drain laterals with 2 inch foundation foam board. Then backfill over the foam.

Is there any way to reroute gray water to a hose or sump pump and out to field? That would save you a lot of room in tank till spring.


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Evaporation is a drain fields best friend ....not sure foam board would enhance that

How deep are your lines? Even better just how cold is it there ? Couple years ago We had a week of below zero some -20 nights Never heard of leach lines freezing. Sounds like leach field is done or something got past the baffle. How did guy get the lid off? Spud bar through frozen ground?

If those circles on the lateral lines are inspection pipes that reach the surface I would definitely insulate them. They let cold air drop into lines. I would also insulate the ones in the line from house.

I agree 100% AntiGov. But frozen water takes forever to evaporate. Maybe just insulate the line closest to the to tank.

If its frozen where the scratchy lines are coming from house going to tank.....I can help with info.....if its frozen past tank I cannot.......if you want to PM me........I'll give you my phone......its up to you....either way good luck......haven't read all posts from others.......but some have good ideas.... I'm not selling anything.....its just I've had same issue and know what it's like...

They are inspection pipes

frozen past the tank

Scratch the lions word to indicate the ground.Sorry I didn't say

The tank lid is cement and it sits on top of the cement tank opening about.You know, 2 and a 1/2 3 feet in diameter and I lifted it off because it's above ground.The tank itself was not frozen

the leach lines ,some were missing caps

Wait till spring!!!! You'll be bloated and vapor locked by then!! Un- freezing that line isn't impossible can be done.

Do you have a pump in the tank to push the water out to the leach lines? Is it working?

I don't think my experience will help beyond tank.......maybe you can reach a consensus with other posters....just remember anything that requires pumping your talking about freezing pump and pump lines......hope you work it out inexpensively

There should be a distribution box where the line coming from the septic tank starts to branch out into the drain field lines. That is code in PA but I'm not familiar with the seweage code in other states.

If there is a D-box I'd locate it and look inside there first. The D-box will always have some liquid in it and that could be where the freeze up is. I agree with Vinke and doubt the drain field lines are frozen. There should be any liquid in them, It should drain out as it enters. The only way liquid would be in the drain field pipes is if there was a clog or a saturated field. If that was the case you'd have had problems with draining prior to the freeze up.

Check for a D-box.

Hook your truck exhaust to the leach line vent .....maybe