Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[aart]

Since it is just me here, I should be good for 5+ years.

Same here...and yep.
I am very careful of what I put into the system.
Especially via the kitchen, which folks tend to forget about.
Scrape all dishes and pans into the landfill can and wipe as much grease/oil/fat off too.
Last time I had it pumped he told me it was the best tank he'd seen in years and that it hadn't really needed to be pumped. But pumping showed the root tangle at the inlet.
He actually stuck his head down in there to look and I got the camera down there to take pics, can't find those pics now tho.

So, all that to say, yeah, I like it.

Thanks. ProperPriorPlanning and all that.

 

[justincasei812]

I think that is a standard for companies to say you should empty your tank every 3-5 years. We bought this house 5 years ago now and had the septic tank inspected since the house was built in the 70's and are in a very wooded area. We were afraid of roots etc that would cost us big dollars down the road. When we had the tank inspected they said it should be emptied very soon. Four years later I had the tank sucked it didn't look any fuller (??) than it did four years prior. I think we should be good for at least the next 5-10 yrs, we also took out the trees that were anywhere near the tank and leach field.

 

[Folly's place]

Our tank was done one year ago, and really didn't need it then. Last week, it was pumped again, and full this time! One difference is that we are all home, rather than out at work, and elsewhere, now and for the near (???) future.
Mary

 

[aart]

Four years later I had the tank sucked it didn't look any fuller (??) than it did four years prior.

Well, they always look full(of water), and should, until they get all the water out and can see how deep the sludge layer is.

we also took out the trees that were anywhere near the tank and leach field.

My tank had rootlets plugging the inlet and all over the inside of the top of the tank(which I though was weird) from trees 10-15 feet away.
I solved that by digging a small trench all the way around the tank and sprinkling Copper Sulfate crystals into it, seems to have done the trick. Will re-do that and see, after the present issue is solved.....plumber supposed tho be here by noon.

 

[justincasei812]

I have a question for anyone who might be able to answer or take a goood guess on that these are.
I dug these up out of a garden area yesterday. The owner passed away so I can’t ask him. They look a lot like a green onion but have flat leaves, they clump and spread, they smell and taste like garlic. Looking on the net has not been much help. We thought regular garlic at first but the clumping and spreading rules that out, someone thought leeks? Could it be wild garlic?

 

[1muttsfan]

They might be scallions that didn't get dug last year, or possibly leeks but I'm not sure what the wild ones look like. Garlic forms a single stalk.

 

[aart]

Could be garlic.
If a head got left in the ground, all the cloves in the head will sprout.

 

[aart]

That's my theory.... hopefully he agrees and it's correct.
Will want to flip the clean out back around too.

...aaannnnd my theory was correct.....didn't have to flip the fitting.
Still cost way tooGDmuch...and don't know exactly what the clog was.
Rooter head got jammed, sizable flakes of rusty metal left in pipe....hope that whole pipe isn't rotten and now with a fracture.
Well, at least things are flowing for now.

 

[justincasei812]

I’m still scratching my head on it, my wife said garlic before we dug it up but there was a patch of this stuff about 2’ by 4’ and you can see that the roots spread into new green onion looking bulbs which is what I would think they would be but the strong garlic smell and taste has me saying no.

 

[aart]

I’m still scratching my head on it, my wife said garlic before we dug it up but there was a patch of this stuff about 2’ by 4’ and you can see that the roots spread into new green onion looking bulbs which is what I would think they would be but the strong garlic smell and taste has me saying no.

I have a couple of old garlic plants growing out there, will have to pull one up and see.
Not today tho, got a hole to fill before the rain comes tonight.