09-13-2013, 02:31 PM
Had to smile, as at the start of this house adventure, we went to the Health Dept to get our cesspool plat, and we asked the engineer who was helping us to give us information on the upkeep of a cesspool, as we had septic & tertiary septic in the past( & the latter is a maintenance hog)....
So this very mature engineer looks at us & says "It's a hole in the ground, S*** goes in. What else do you need to know?"
So with that bit of advice, we usually use Roebic Cesspool Treatment, or similar, once a year...have no idea if that is all we SHOULD be doing...but .....welll...
ADDED: the Maui FAQ is good...but is for an area with more soils (esp clay soils) Some, to maybe most, cesspools here have more perc potential, esp. if thy are anywhere connected to lava tube or cinder layers...have seen commercial cesspools that were actually built into a lava tube...which was made into the septic leach .... so ....
So this very mature engineer looks at us & says "It's a hole in the ground, S*** goes in. What else do you need to know?"
So with that bit of advice, we usually use Roebic Cesspool Treatment, or similar, once a year...have no idea if that is all we SHOULD be doing...but .....welll...
ADDED: the Maui FAQ is good...but is for an area with more soils (esp clay soils) Some, to maybe most, cesspools here have more perc potential, esp. if thy are anywhere connected to lava tube or cinder layers...have seen commercial cesspools that were actually built into a lava tube...which was made into the septic leach .... so ....