05-30-2013, 02:44 AM
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Originally posted by Carey
Many septic designers here use the cesspit as part/all of the drainfield... so all is not lost...and the engineering here is different than anywhere else I have been (inc. using cesspits as drainfields ;~) most of the cesspits here do have a solid cover, & most are covered with concrete....so not as much a walking hazard as the old wood boards over the pit used in days of yore...
I may have to disagree with that.
DOH makes the installer cave in the old cesspool and fill it, then I guess it would be possible to use that area for the leach field.