Septic Tank Question

MC · 2009-02-18T03:55:58+00:00

I purchased a house with a 15 year old 1500 gallon concrete septictank. The home inspector found that the level of fluid in the tank was6 inches lower than the outlet pipe, suggesting a leak in the tank,since the tank had not been pumped in 2-3 years. Only 2 adults and onechild live in the house with a septic sytem capacity built for this 4bedroom house. Baffles were normal. The leech field was in excellentcondition.A contractor for the seller pumped out the tank and inspected itrevealing some cracking next to the gasket joining the upper and lowerhalves of the tank. He repaired this with hydraulic cement, but feltthat the crack did not seem significant. He also said that there wasvery little mortar left around the collar of either the outlet orinlet pipe (can't remember), and also repaired that with hydrauliccement.My question: Do the findings of the contractor reasonably match theseverity of the problem (water level 6" below outlet pipe)? In otherwords, is the low level of water usually in your experiences due to aHUGE problem, or sometimes just due to small fixable cracks, like Idescribed above?THANKS!

Feb 18, 2009 Last reply: 7 years ago 23 Replies

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MC 17 years ago

thanks

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Roberts 7 years ago

replying to HeyBub, Roberts wrote: Get a life

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Oren 7 years ago

Don't be a smart ass. HeyBub is no longer with us. He died asshole with no life.

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Bobby 7 years ago

replying to Roberts, Bobby wrote: Took you ten years to come up with such a sharp comeback? You are really on the ball!

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