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Posted by EXT on March 29, 2007, 2:12 pm
If the water is making its way to the end of the leach field I would think
that any bathroom odor is not related unless the water is not making its way
down the pipe.
To find out what options are available, you will need to contact your local
authorities. However, if you do, and they inspect your current system they
may immediately condemn it and force a quick replacement at any cost. This
is spring, often the ground gets saturated with water which fills the leach
field preventing it from absorbing the effluent into the soil. This may self
correct when the ground dries up. In the meantime, you need to seriously
reduce the amount of water you dump into the septic tank. Analyse your water
usage and cut back drastically. Do laundry at the laundry, don't flush for
every single #1 that someone does. Take short showers. This will reduce the
load on the leach field and aid in drying it out. I had a similar problem 25
years ago and I am still using the same septic system and leach field today.
> Ok, I have sewage leaking and a faint odor coming from my bathroom.
> The leak is at the end of my leach field so not a blockage. Probably
> going to have to replace leach field. My question is what are the
> requirements for installing a new leach field? My home is over 30
> years old and a neighbor stated that code has changed and my .5 acre
> wasn't big enough to install a new leach field or even replace the
> existing field. If this is the case what am I supposed to do, pump out
> the damn tank every 2 months? And worse, I was planning on selling
> within a year to build on another plot of land I own. Who's going to
> buy a house with septic problem, it's probably illegal anyway. Any
> help is greatly appreciated!!!!!
>
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