I need to fill in a septic tank used to accommodate a 4k foot home, installed in the late 1930s/early 40s.
Town Hall has been slow getting back to me.
Thanks.
C
I need to fill in a septic tank used to accommodate a 4k foot home, installed in the late 1930s/early 40s.
Town Hall has been slow getting back to me.
Thanks.
C
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I'm guessing he'd like to know how many cubes it would be, to know how much fill to order.But with a tank that old there's no telling, without digging it up. Then you can easily measure it and calculate the volume.
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I would just dig down to it, bust the top in and fill with his choice sand or stone.
If he is going to try to fill it through a clean out ring or cap, about the only thing that floww enough to do the job is a slurry of concrete or grout.
It would be wise to have it pumped first, then fill it in.
If you leave the top off for a while in the hot sun, the contents might harden....?
No. I had to deal with an old septic tank that hadn't been used for 7 years. It had an old wooden top that had rotted away and a 6" layer of leaves and debris was all that covered it. Once this was removed the contents were just like new. With a pole to help break it up, pumping it was a treat!
I'm just kidding. I get to look in septic tanks myself now and then. Oh yeah lotta fun.
Wondering if anyone has an idea of the approximate dimensions of the tank. Wasn't sure if there was one universal size then or if tanks ranged in accordance to the size of the house.ThanksC
they will usually want you to pump it before you fill it so you can measure it while the guy has the cover off. I bet he will look at it through the hatch and tell you how big it is without measuring.
Just for gee whiz info, 1000 gallons is a tad over 4 1/2 yards of fill.
An educated guess on the volume would be 750 or 1,000 gallons, but as has been mentioned, could be about anything, especially if it was built in place. As another poster stated, the tank needs to be pumped before filling. The pumper should be able to measure the size.
A word of caution-Do not leave the lid removed from the tank or any access to the open tank! Many children have died because of an open or rotted septic tank lid.
Many children have died because of an open or rotted septic tank lid.
And adults--from today's news: http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0908/551781.html
Read the other posts and have this for you.
You've got to have that thing emptied first, for obvious reasons. Whoever does the pumping should be able to tell you the size.
I know this because I have a "tank" built about the same time and when we first got it pumped I asked the guy and he told me it was around 500gallons and made from local stones set up in a column. No internal baflles or any of that. My place is 3K. (Grid still goes into the neighbors side yard and I ain't gonna tell him...LOL)
Waiting for a local gov'ment to help with the size is usually a waste of time for a system that old. They keep records of the number of coats of paint on a house nowadays but most don't go back that far on septic systems. I checked with mine and got a strange look when I asked.
When you get it pumped see if that company can recommend a cheap fill. They may have an additional service for that.
Hope I helped. ciao, ted