Work week was over. You were emoting in your yard, trying hard to recuperate from the hectic demands of the clients that never seemed to quit speaking to you whether it was in person, or through the phone. Lounging in your yard with a tub of berry berry-luscious cheesecake ice cream with ripples of chocolates and nuts was the perfect way to unwind at home. Next to your itinerary was to have a DVD marathon with a large box of ultimate meat heaven pizza that would be delivered to your doorstep later in the afternoon. After talking to your girlfriend on the phone, someone knocked on your door. You next door neighbor wanted to know how deep below the surface is my septic lid?
It was your septic expert. You forgot that he was supposed to visit you that day to teach you more about your cesspit. For the longest time, horror stories about cesspit neglect and failure have contributed to the work stress that you encountered every day. You think that you owed it to yourself to really take care of your cesspit because you were a hard worker and the last thing you wanted was to go home to backed up drains, toilets, and sinks or even a failed cesspit. It would definitely be a very laborious task to recover from the damages that a failed cesspit would bring you if you won’t start loving your personal wastewater system.
As you know, your home does not have access to the town’s sewage treatment system. A cesspit was necessary for your home’s wastewater to be treated. This type of septic system is a lot like the usual septic system. It’s the perforations along the sides of the cesspit that make it unique. The holes are the pathways through which the pre-treated, clear effluent disperses into the soil absorption system around the cesspit. It doesn’t have the outflow pipes that the conventional septic system has. Even if it is that different, it still serves the main purpose of keeping your household free from filth and disease.
To start everything right with your cesspit system, you have to know where your cesspit lid is located. The question that keeps on repeating in your head was “How deep below the surface is my cesspit lid?” Your septic expert showed you some steps on how you should properly measure the depth of your cesspit lid.
- First of all, you don’t have to just start a cesspit lid hunt all of a sudden. You do this by following the pipes form your home. The basement is the common starting point.
- Ten to twenty feet from your home is the exact location of your cesspit.
- The standard cesspit width is 6 feet.
- Get a 5-foot steel probe and push it along the edge of the tank. Do this part slowly so that you won’t puncture or damage the cesspit. If you do, you will spend a hefty amount for the replacement.
- Take note that the depth of the cesspit lid depends on how deep the cesspit was installed, how inclined the property is, and how deep the water table that your area has.
It was a plus for you to know all of this information about your cesspit. When you already knew about the location and the depth of your cesspit lid, you knew that by then, you would be able to take care of your cesspit very well for decades to come. Through the cesspit lid, you would be able to conduct regular inspections that you don’t have to keep on assigning your septic expert. By then, you will definitely have the edge in controlling and maintaining your cesspit. It is not everybody’s piece of cake but you knew that you had to do it for the sake of your household and your pocket.
Before the septic expert left, he reminded you that the dry well would be installed the following week. You agreed to it because it would really help in improving the efficiency of your cesspit system. You asked him one last time, how deep below the surface is my septic lid? When he was gone, you went in and ordered your pizza. You took a hot bath while waiting for the pizza guy. A smile swept across your face as you started watching your DVDs. Just then, the doorbell rang and your girlfriend stepped in. What a way to spend a relaxing weekend.