Building A Drain Field

While all septic tank drain fields require regular inspection you can save a lot of money by digging one yourself.

Building a drain field. Overall it is not recommended to build over your leach filed and you should also not put anything heavy on top of it such as parking a vehicle. How to build a septic drain field step 1. Using the shovel dig the drain field. Check the blueprints of your property so you can locate where the leach field s pipes end.

The field should be at least 10 feet away from your edible garden and any water such as a lake river or well. Building gardens or field flowers over the top of a leach field will result in clogging the tiny perforations in the pipes. The hole should be 2 feet wide 4 to 6 feet deep and approximately 20 feet long. Dig a hole at the end of your leach system pipes to expose them.

For families with five or more members the drain field should be a minimum of 25 feet long due to the large amount of laundry done in large families. Grass that is kept short is ok because will take much longer to clog pipes but any type of plant where its roots can cause damage is not a good idea. Check with your local county office and health department to determine if a permit is required or if the health. Use a shovel to dig your hole being careful not to hit or damage the leach pipe with the blade.

Check the soil to determine its absorption capacity. Step 1 choose your site you will want to choose a site that is away from the house but close to the tank. The biggest issue that can arise from construction near a drain field is the damage caused by heavy construction equipment. The weight of many large trucks driving over a drain field will crack the pipes in the drain field and compact the soils.

Soil tests can generally be done by the local department of.