HOW TO REPLACE A SEPTIC DRAIN FIELD // How a Septic Field Works
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- Опубліковано 4 бер 2021
- Today we're on another job with Rick, this time at his house. His septic field went bad and he's having to install a new field. I jumped at the chance to do a video showing how a septic field works and what is involved in a replacement. I ended up having to leave before the job was done but left the time lapse rolling so we could see the finished field. The machine we're using in this project is a Case TV450 skid steer.
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Love your passion for the industry. I can only pray I find passion like that in the work that I do. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks man! I've always loved the equipment. It took me awhile to take the plunge and give operating a chance at a career. Haven't looked back since. I hope you find a career that you love!
Man, I have a healing broken foot and sprang ankle but if a 9 yr old can get out there with a shovel so can I. My son is 5 and I would be proud if my son was out there getting after it like that young man. 👍
This kid was an inspiration for sure. Hope your foot heals quick brother
We have treatment plants then when it exists the tank either sprinklers or a "drip" line. Interesting application 👍. Great explanation and video. Enjoy your weekend!
We have those in the case where an engineered field is required. In Texas where limestone is prevalent the pump systems you described were the norm. Here in Michigan we have pretty stellar drainage thanks to a bunch of sand so they aren't nearly as common.
Great kid! Hope he continues with it! America is in vast need of tradesmen! I have had my son helping since he was 6. Now at 15 he can run the skid steer and is learning the excavator.
Amen to that. That is the biggest driver of this channel is getting more guys into the trades. We, as a country, have put WAY too much emphasis on higher education.
I’m a grown ass (wo)man and I do complain sometimes but I’m still out there with my shovel 🙃 our granddaughters live with us and I get them out there with us working too… it’s not long lived sometimes since they are 3 and 5 but we are definitely constantly teaching them to try 💪🏼 literally working on our septic and drain field now… my hubby our equipment operator (at home not by trade) and has been teaching me when time allows.
Good for your family for getting out there and getting dirty! Too many families spend all day in front of a screen which is one of the reasons the trades are dying. Thanks for the comment!
Nice to see a 9 year old into construction🤙
Good video Bryan👍
Thanks James! This was a fun little Saturday project.
Gonna be a great operator this kid
He's got it in him!
That seems like a huge drain field.
My 19 year old nephew has been working with me in the Septic Business for about 10 years. Since he graduated High School in 2021, he's decided he wants to be a Septic Professional full time, and will eventually take over my business. I was delighted, because I don't have children, and the Septic & Sewer Industry has afforded me the opportunity to be self employed and make a good living. As you probably know, we need a younger generation of Septic Guys to get into this industry, because we're all going to age out... sooner rather than later. It's a huge problem, and it needs to be addressed before the rest of us old timers retire or die. I hope this kid, who's about the same age as my nephew was, when I started taking him on jobs, will choose this as a career... time will tell.
One of my primary goals on this channel is to get more people interested in the industry. As a whole, the construction industry isn't responding quick enough to the labor shortage. I want to have an impact on that and give people some building blocks of knowledge to kick start their careers. Thanks for the comment Craig!
Best channel on UA-cam
Thanks Jean!
I know grown men that won’t shovel or get out and do any kind of labor , give that kid a raise lol , great video brother very informative
He did awesome! We were all impressed at his work ethic. Thanks for watching brother!
That kid was awesome, no matter what he does in life having a good work ethic is going to take him further then people that don't have one. I actually learned a lot about septic fields, I had no idea what one was. Do these houses have "city" water too or is it well water? I'm guessing this is far from a big city?
Agreed, this kid will go far no matter what he chooses to do. You are correct, these houses are on well systems but they don't have to be. There are some municipalities where they have gotten water mains installed after the fact so they still run a septic system alongside the city supplied water.
@@DieselandIron Hey Bryan check out this channel I've started watching. It's an excavator operator in Norway, the name of the channel is "Vidar steinsland" I think you'll like it. He operates without boots, only socks. His cab is super nice and he has a huge KISS sticker on his excavator.
@@ConstructionMachineryChannel I've actually seen a couple of his videos. He's a good operator. Thanks for the referral!
@@DieselandIron No problem, I recently found his channel and so far I like it. Cool guy too.
did you use the cat to fill in the top layer of dirt? is it safe to drive over the pipe?
We use the skid to backfill everything. As long as your machine has tracks you are fine to drive over the field. The tracks spread out the ground pressure so you don't crush any pipe.
Irrigation is hard work :p
It's also easy to forget how low underground really is.
Thank u
Thanks for watching!
I need to reroute my drain field in order to move electric underground, put in a driveway and garage / mancave. 1800 Sq foot house 3 bedroom. Any rough idea on the cost involved, understanding you would need a lot more info to make an estimate, just looking for rough expectations? Health department gets all pissy then guess I ll just start paving and pray lolol.. House I am looking at, can't believe they routed the drain field the way they did that pretty much screws you from being able to do anything on one whole side of the back yard..
Does the entire field need to be moved or are you just rerouting the outlet pipe from the tank running out to the field? It's really hard to say without knowing the circumstances. If you're talking about moving a couple pipes around and you have the fall you need then you can probably sneak out of this for $2-5k depending on equipment rental, materials, cutting a new hole in the side of the house etc.
If the entire field needs to be moved then I would say you are looking at an easy $15-20k. Like I said, without seeing what you've got and what needs to be done it is really hard to say.
@@DieselandIron Thank you.. The actual field needs to be rerouted. Right now it is just one 100 ft pipe with 10' wide field. The repair side of the design.. I may be able to get health department to agree to flipping it.. will be interesting for sure. I have a couple options in what sort of garage build etc I can do - just limits how crazy I can go lol
I work at one of the poorest school district probably in the county as a diesel mechanic (repair school busses) I also own my own demolition business, I've pleaded with school administrators and school board members to create programs to teach our students both mechanics and construction trades but the refuse. They're only interested in them going to college and sadly all those students who go to college end up being slaves to minimum wage. Our public school system needs to get with the times .
Amen. It's really sad to see how much the trades are overlooked in the current system.
I am having drain field problems, No one seems to be able to tell me where I can get rid of my old effluent dirt and perferated pipe.
Are you installing the field in the same location? Most of the time they have a backup field location where you don't need to remove the existing field. If you do need to get rid of the soil and old materials a good start would be to call your local sewage treatment plant and ask if they take it. If they don't they should at least be able to direct you to someone that can answer the question locally.
How did you start operating.
I actually have a video for that!
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Thanks for watching as always!
If you need to truck in New material why not build the system in the original location of the failed system? Too much soil remediation?
You would have to remove all of the contaminated stone in the old field along with a good amount of soil beneath it. From there you would have to dispose of the material at a location that would accept it (which would be extremely expensive). Then you would have to start bringing in fresh material. Instead we bump the field over to the reserve field location, dig a hole and bring in clean stone. Done.
@@DieselandIron if you have the slope from the tank (or a pump system), could you build over the old field? Just curious, luckily I think my drain field issues were solved after adjusting the levelers in the d box. Whoever was in there before was an idiot
@@chrisE815 it's really up to the health department on if they would let you build over an old field
That's what my son wants to do...be a You Tuber
You should let him know it's a lot of work and very little pay 😆
Way to high
We smoked a whole ounce before making this video brag.. 😜
Thin wall good stuff NOT!!!!
It's cheap and it gets the job done for the field.