11-28-2005, 03:41 PM
I would say that not all lava is necessarily the same but that the perc rate here is basically 100% with some rare exceptions.
A cesspool is your basic hole in the ground, usually 5'-6' in diameter with a concrete cover. The cover is commonly constructed by laying a few boards (or tree branches) across the hole, placing some old roofing metal on that, and then pouring concrete on the metal. A clean-out port must be made in the top also. Very primitive.
A leech pit will be needed for a septic system in addition to the septic tank. The fields can be quite small (10' x 10') - the size is determined by the septic engineer. The hole for the leech pit is filled with a properly sized cinder or other aggregate.
The rub here is that the county does not have simple, pre-approved, cesspool or septic plans. The systems they plan check and approve are all so much the same it would save everyone (except the engineers) a lot of time and money to have these basically predesigned.
Chairman, Punaweb Committee, MSPA
Edited by - Rob Tucker on 11/28/2005 19:45:36
A cesspool is your basic hole in the ground, usually 5'-6' in diameter with a concrete cover. The cover is commonly constructed by laying a few boards (or tree branches) across the hole, placing some old roofing metal on that, and then pouring concrete on the metal. A clean-out port must be made in the top also. Very primitive.
A leech pit will be needed for a septic system in addition to the septic tank. The fields can be quite small (10' x 10') - the size is determined by the septic engineer. The hole for the leech pit is filled with a properly sized cinder or other aggregate.
The rub here is that the county does not have simple, pre-approved, cesspool or septic plans. The systems they plan check and approve are all so much the same it would save everyone (except the engineers) a lot of time and money to have these basically predesigned.
Chairman, Punaweb Committee, MSPA
Edited by - Rob Tucker on 11/28/2005 19:45:36
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