How to Find Your Septic Tank

In this video, Chris shows you some tips and tricks to locating your septic tank.
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[@adriantarngriffin]

Great job! Many thanks.

[@PBS-nm1uu]

love your videos please keep them coming !!!

[@RCworstwater]

You got it!

[@thefarsideoftherails7415]

I thought you were going to mention using divining rod's and plotting with surveyors paint. That is how I found mine 😎👍

[@jacklabloom635]

It took me 18 years to find my septic tank. I had no idea where it was. Sewage backed up into my house. Fortunately, a tree root blocked the inlet port before the tank filled up with solids. A plumber cleared the blockage, which he said was at the entrance of the septic tank. When he pushed through the blockage, the sound his snake made told him it was inside the septic tank. The plumber recommended I get the tank pumped out. I contacted another company and a guy in a tanker truck came out the next day. He used a rod to find the outline of the tank. He then determined where the openings were and dug down about a foot or more and found the bigger cover. He got the larger cover off and pumped it out. The tank was forty to fifty percent full of solids. He pulled on a narrow ribbon looking thing that had grown between the cover and tank. It turned out to be a tree root. When it came out, it had expanded inside the tank to the size of a Christmas tree. He said I was lucky that tree root caused a problem on the inlet side, because had I kept using it without ever pumping it out, it would have eventually clogged the field lines. There was nothing but water going out of the outlet. He checked that and showed me. I set up a schedule to have it pumped out every four years. He said I could probably go five years, but I said four was good. It cost $325 because he had to locate the tank and dig down to open it. He said I could save $25 by opening the lid myself next time. He pumped everything out. I could see the concrete bottom of the tank. Before he got into his truck and left, he suggested I cut down a tree I had planted ten years earlier that ended up right next to my septic tank. The hole I had dug for the tree had just barely missed the concrete tank. The tree had grown huge roots all across the top of the tank. We had to cut out several roots to get to the lids. Two days later I cut down the tree that had caused the problem. I dug out and cut out several roots. I put plastic over my cover and backfilled with dirt so it would be easier to dig next time. That was two years ago. Two more years to go before I do it again. Do not neglect your septic tank. I got lucky.

[@RCworstwater]

Awesome story. Thanks for sharing!

[@cecy6s]

We're having problems with our toilets flushing. Our septic tank has been pump everything was going smoothly 1 week later it started again no flushing. What should I do?

[@cecy6s]

We do have big rose bushes close by the tank.

[@jacklabloom635]

@@cecy6s , the line going to the septic tank may be clogged. You need to find the opening to that line. It should be about a foot from the edge of your house foundation directly inline with the sewage line under your house. Dig down, locate the screw off cap and open that cap. If the line is stopped up, water will overflow that opening when you removed the cap. That opening is where the plumber inserts the clean out snake to clear out any roots growing inside the line.

[@gbennett58]

Unfortunately, a tile probe won't help if your soil is full of rocks. We wound up getting the original permit from the county which diagrammed where the tank is.

[@melody796]

We had to do the same here in Arizona. We went to the county website and found the septic details from the builder's permit that had the septic mapped out exactly where it was placed on our property. My poor hubby found it but had to dig through 2 feet of rock to reach the septic lids. So now we need to install risers so he doesn't have to go through all that again!

[@margobailey968]

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[@zagor1453]

Great video

[@RCworstwater]

Thanks for the visit

[@betha.ostrander4127]

The Google Earth recommendation alone is amazing. Blew my mind and I'm techy!

[@ThobiasMarandu]

There was No Google 20 years ago! How can Google earth go back twenty years?

[@lyndaj1238]

Where do I find these probes. I've look everywhere.

[@jamesrenzulli6086]

Every septic tank I have seen has a metal lift ring built in to the removable cover that they use to pump it out. Might a metal detector be helpful?

[@RCworstwater]

Worth a shot!

[@NobodyUR]

Just get a large lawn decoration if it's below grade most do that but unfortunately don't tell the next homeowner that's what that is but they don't figure out that flat stone they let grow over was a marker... probably.... careful people do same for gas service

[@debrahjohns586]

What does it cost

[@alphaomega8373]

Dude you think of everything lol

[@carolradney4297]

We found the septic tank but no clean out so what's next

[@MasterSumai]

Where could I purchase one of those electronic things you mentioned, to flush down the toilet, and use a device or smart phone to find my septic tank ? Thank you 😁

[@RCworstwater]

I'd just google "Flushable Transmitter" and check the reviews of each item. Some can get pretty expensive

[@MasterSumai]

@@RCworstwater thanks !

[@alanheadrick7997]

I bought a lot that had a mobile home on it and was removed maybe 10 years ago. I tried to probe for the tank and haven't found anything. The lot is heavily treed so Google Earth wont help. Its kind of like looking for burred treasure, about $5k worth. Yar!

[@waterisgood6205]

Look for very thick green grass, your welcome.

[@lionheart93]

what person comes up with these things dang

[@JamesCouch777]

There is no evidence looking at the grass, no cleanouts or risers and the ground is so rocky you can't probe. Any ideas?

[@RCworstwater]

Have you tried the Google Earth technique? You can find your house and go back in time to see where there was excavation done

[@JamesCouch777]

@@RCworstwater Unfortunately I don't think Google earth goes back that far. This house is about forty years old.

[@RCworstwater]

The last thing you can do is check with your local municipality and see if they have any as-built drawings on file.

[@RCworstwater]

Or a call a septic company to come find it for you.

[@Tanjaamazon]

Good luck not even the septic people can't find it at my home my home was built in 1928 and was moved here and the country doesn't have info either

[@ThobiasMarandu]

There was No Google 20 years ago! How can Google earth go back twenty years?

[@RCworstwater]

Satellite imaging - go take a look! It's pretty crazy

[@BCWilliams]

How far back can you go on Google Earth? "Earth Engine is a platform for scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, for academic, non-profit, business and government users. Earth Engine hosts satellite imagery and stores it in a public data archive that includes historical earth images going back more than forty years."

[@marx875]

Y know it already before.

[@notcharles]

Terrible example. Better would be to find a completely buried system as a demo. Then video the locating process.