Septic Tank Installation

Septic tank installation is more complicated than you think. Yes, septic tank installation is a rocket science affair. If you wish to install a new septic tank system, you must check on your property before calling for professional assistance. Does it have enough room for a septic tank? They do not do the measuring, you do it. Putting up a septic system requires you to know about water tables and soil types as well. It is imperative to know the type of soil that your property carries. Depending on the soil condition, the septic system may not be as efficient in treating waste water. If you have questions, enlist the help of the municipal office. They can help you with measuring your lot and identifying your lot’s soil properties.

Septic tank installation needs the backing power of permits. A trip to the local municipal office needs to be made to be able to start with the actual installation.

If you want to save on your septic tank installation, you have to go through a lot of deciding. This is another thing that makes septic tank installation a rocket science process. Given the many options, it is really hard to pick the right septic tank installation company. Your best bet is to choose the one that offer rates that are fair enough and who you feel can work your instructions best. Think that you can do the installation yourself? Septic tank installation is not a do-it-yourself affair. It can only be done by people with experience.

But is it really safe to dump “unfit” waste in the septic tank? According to a lot of experts, no. If you really want a healthy septic tank, avoid septic tank garbage disposal totally. Septic tank garbage disposal devices still discharge untreated solids into the tank, which then reduces the efficiency of the tank. Reduced tank efficiency means it failing and you spending big for repairs.

So how do septic tanks work? 

Within the septic system is a holding tank and what this holding tank does is to hold the natural bacteria which encourages the decomposition of human waste products in an environmentally acceptable way.

The septic system is basically designed to act as an onsite system to break down and dispose of biological human sanitary waste products in a safe manner.

Parts linked to a septic system

The obvious parts that you would think of as being linked to any septic system in a regular home would probably be sinks, toilets and pipes.

Many components to the septic system may not be so obvious and are equally as important to the smooth operation of any septic system and this includes the ground itself.

Some of the various part of the system includes the septic tank the distribution box and a leach field. The bacterial actions take place inside the septic tank and the end product of this process is mostly water, sludge which is undigested material and gases. The sludge sinks to the bottom of the tank.

Baffles are contained within the septic tank and the job of the baffles is to prevent any scum that may float to the surface and any sludge the settles at the bottom of the tank from escaping out of the tank.

Any gases that accumulate are ventilated out into the atmosphere by a plumbing ventilation system. Once this process has taken place clearer liquid will flow to a small distribution box where it will be distributed to various perforated pipes.

The perforated pipes will pass the clearer liquid to a large soil surface area which is called a leach field, or field for absorption. The soil completes another task which is to act as a filter and remove any quantity of small solids that may have travelled in the liquid.

The pumping out of any sludge from the bottom of the tank must form part of any regular maintenance schedule and this sludge must be disposed of professionally.

There are a large number of systems created for all situations however having said that the septic tank and leach field is the most common and widely used.