How to Install a Septic Tank Pump?

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Installing septic tank pump system becomes necessary for all those homeowners who live in the area having no municipal sewage system. These tanks are quite effective in treating and disposing off your discarded products. You should take special care in maintaining this tank pump system. Sometime homeowners also involve themselves in installation process.

Sometimes installing a septic tank cleaning becomes necessary especially in higher elevation areas. This pump works exceptionally well in pumping sewage to a distribution tank from septic chamber. Thus it ensures functionality of overall septic system. Though majority of septic systems is based on gravity but this assistance becomes impractical and sometimes impossible in some cases due to distance or terrain.

You should consider installing a pump in the septic

Tank in this situation just to ensure smooth supply of water to the filed lines directly from the tank. Well, this is a common technique that gives considerable difference from typical setup process of a septic tank system. Consider following step by step guideline to install your septic tank pump:

Go to rear side of your tank and start digging a drain to the distribution box of field line. Dig up to required width level, for example if you use a PVC pipe of 1.5 inches to install, then the trench should be wide enough that fit this pipe. This terrain should also be 12 to 16 inches deep only (this is typical depth). Avoid making sharp bends or turns (keep them as fewer as possible) and keep field line straight. This technique definitely improves life expectancy and reduces work pressure over pump to push water.

There should be a submersible pump in your septic tanks outlet chamber. There must be separate chambers in your tank to ensure proper functioning of your pump. There will be mainly sludge buildup in the first take but you will see water mostly in your second chamber. Basic work of pump is to move water and it doesn’t intend to move solid waste. Therefore, cleaning first chamber regularly should be your next top priority, just to ensure proper flow of water to second chamber.

Connect the outlet port of your septic tank pump to the trench line.

Connection security should be primary interest in this process because later on repairing will be a tough especially when tank if full. Step your float switches properly because they help in activating pump when you get water depth reached to the predefined level in tank. Manufacturer settings should be considered in defining pump settings.

Use direct burial wiring to connect pump motor with electricity. It is recommended having separate breaker for the pump motor. An added protection to pump could be placing Ground Fault Circuit Interruption breaker because such devices reduces electrical shocks or short circuit issues. Considering expert help is recommended especially if you don’t know much about electrical wiring.

 

Septic tank cleaning is part of that proper maintenance and many people wonder how much does septic tank pumping actually cost? That is a fair question, but it has a somewhat unfair answer.

A good rule of thumb (I love rules of thumb!) is that it will cost between $125 and $250 (or more) to have a septic system cleaned. Why the price variation.

Here is another rule of thumb; the more difficult it is for the septic cleaning guy to access your septic system, the more it will cost you to have it pumped. As you may know, most septic tanks are meant to be buried under ground. If you do not have a septic riser installed, then you or the septic tank guy will have to dig a hole down to the septic container lid. A backbreaking job, no doubt, and the contractor will want to be compensated. If there is digging involved you will be looking at closer to $250 for your septic tank pumping cost.

Some people do not even know where their septic tank is;

Let alone where to find the access lid. Luckily, there are septic system service companies that have special tools used to locate septic containers.

One is a simple plumbing snake, with a not-so-simple radio transceiver attached to the end. The plumbing snake is fed through the house pipes and into your septic container. Then the contractor goes out and uses a radio receiver to determine where the end of the plumbing snake is and voila! There is your septic container.

A more sophisticated tool is ground penetrating radar (GPR), which can find a septic system much more quickly and with a lot less effort.

If either of those tools is required to find your septic apparatus then you can bet that your septic system cleaning cost will be over $250.

The bottom line is that the easier it is for the septic system pumper to find and access your septic container the lower your septic tank pumping cost will be. For more information visit our website https://www.allinsanitationservices.com/septic-tank-pumping-and-cleaning/

 

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