Septic Tank Installation of our Dual Tank Septic System - Infiltrator Septic Tanks

[@geofreypejsa54]

Excellent job on the septic tank. I had one put in a couple of years ago and while I didn't do the work, I paid a lot of attention and appreciate the work you had to do. Keep up the good work and I like how your videos are put together and share with us.

[@Off-Grid]

Thanks Geofrey. Glad you are enjoying them. The lateral lines will be the next video and after doing them I feel the tank was the easier part.

[@danstennis1817]

Nice job

[@Off-Grid]

Thanks!

[@hughhodgins9810]

Great job looks good, very hard work thanks for the great content.

[@Off-Grid]

Thanks Hugh. It's wasn't the most enjoyable project for sure.

[@richdobbs6595]

I'm surprised that you weren't required to have an inspection prior to the last of the back fill. I thought pretty much every state requires inspections of slope of the lines as well as the in tank connections. What state are you in?

[@Off-Grid]

Kansas. It was a very relaxed process. Saved us thousands

[@whoguy4231]

Fill it with water before rain water makes it float out of the ground.

[@Off-Grid]

Yep, we filled the second tank some and the first will fill with gray water from the house shower we hooked up. Once the lateral lines are in I can start to dump the RV black water tank into the system instead of having to run it into town every week to dump. The manufacturer said that it isn't necessary to fill the tanks, that they won't pop out if it rains, but we didn't want to risk it. Thanks for watching

[@garylcampbell9964]

Nice job .

[@Off-Grid]

Thank you Garyl.

[@tailher1]

Do you think that risers would work on the tanks ? Probably not if ur driving heavy equip, over.

[@Off-Grid]

You shouldn't be driving anything besides a lawnmower over a poly tank.

[@Ivebeenaroundyouknow]

Nice work. Can you tell me how much you saved not going with the concrete tanks? I guess you might not of had the equipment to install concrete....did you consider fiberglass? Could you have just used 1 tank with dividers? Sorry for all the questions, just going through the planning stages myself and considering the savings opportunities...

[@Off-Grid]

Hello Sam, thanks for watching. I was quoted $5k for a concrete tank and $3k to install it but this was before we knew how much rock needed to be broken through. Here's a link to when I dug the hole, kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmW2ZnRupZqJiLM I'm sure the price would have gone up a lot once they hit the rock, maybe by around $2k. This meant the tank install would have been around $10k. We went with a poly tank because they aren't heavy like concrete and I knew we could move them around easily. The Infiltrator Tanks do have a divider you can install but my research showed that the material used was insufficient. It is basically a thin plastic piece that just seemed flimsy. The solution to this was simply adding a second tank. This way the first tank holds the solids and the second tank should be all effluent. I did not do any research on fiberglass tanks. I did research a lot about poly tanks and found that the Infiltrator was better in my option. The two parts are molded separately an then sealed together with a rubber gasket and clips. The tanks you see at home depot , for example, are melted together to make one piece but the seam tends to break. This usually happens when the tank is being pumped and pressure is taken off the side walls. This isn't an issue with the Infiltrator tanks given that the seam is so beefy. Good Luck on your project. The next video will be on the Lateral Lines.

[@Ivebeenaroundyouknow]

@@Off-Grid That was an awesome generous and thoughtful response. I appreciate you taking the time as I understand how valuable it is. I will keep watching. Keep up the good work!

[@Off-Grid]

@@Ivebeenaroundyouknow your welcome. We hope to help others as much as we can.

[@thomasalley4944]

Wy are you in the tank...I drilled mine from outside the tank

[@jonathanoropeza1783]

Any porblems with odors?

[@Off-Grid]

No, everything works as it should. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@thomasalley4944]

Why would he have odors...done correcctly...what your concern?

[@Brianmedema]

What size tanks did you end up using? We are having a 1500 vs 2,000 gal discussion.

[@Off-Grid]

We did two 1000 gallon tanks. We have three bathrooms and two kitchens in 3400 sqft, four bedrooms for five people if that helps. The county sized our tanks off of the square feet of the home.

[@natfunk5992]

Had to call in the expert to figure out lubing the pipe.

[@Off-Grid]

Ha!

[@allennolden8735]

So, did you have someone spec out the design and parts for you.

[@Off-Grid]

The county told me how big they wanted the system to be and then I researched and found what I needed to build it and did the layout myself as well. I did oversize the tanks by 500 gallons because it was easier to install two 1000 gallon tanks.

[@allennolden8735]

@5th Journey Off-Grid Homestead OK, I'm pretty much going down a similar route. I was about to head down to the county office and drop off my spec drawings. I wasn't sure if I should have someone design it or if I could drop off my own drawings based on the standard requirements and perk tests.

[@Off-Grid]

@@allennolden8735 A lot of it will depend on your county and how strict they are. I had to get my license to install the system. It was an open book multiple choice test, very easy, and $200. The layout was sketched on the back of the permit application while I was there filling it out and talking to the inspector, who was in his 80's. It all went pretty smooth and the system is working fine. Saved me a LOT of money too.

[@allennolden8735]

@@Off-Grid Ok, I'll keep that in mind when I head down there. Thanks for the info!

[@Off-Grid]

@@allennolden8735 Good Luck

[@wildwoodtop]

Which cost more concrete or plastic septic tank

[@Off-Grid]

Concrete was much more expensive. The only downfall to a plastic tank like this you CAN NOT drive over it. They say not to drive over a concrete tank but it happens and the tank will take it. You do not want a one piece molded tank and they'll split down the seam. I was also told that when you have the tank pumped not to have them drain it more than 40-50% to keep the water weight pushing out on the side walls. I don't think that's an issue with the style we bought but I wouldn't trust a Home Depot septic tank.

[@DR-um2bv]

I wish I had seen this before I got 1 of those yellow tanks.

[@thomasalley4944]

How it doing? I at first thought the molded better but....

[@mohsenrezk]

what we can used this tanks pleas i need more detils and this tank save bad water and go in filter to get peur good water and u cant get eny mony pleas explan me and thanx for good plan and good work im from egypt and im sorry my englich not good sorry hope you under stand my say

[@Off-Grid]

Hello, I think you are asking how much the tanks cost and if you can clean the waste into good water. The tanks we're around $1,000 each. It would be costly to purify the waste water but if the tank was used for only gray water it could be treated to water gardens and such but probably not for drinking water.

[@mohsenrezk]

@@Off-Grid firest good jop and exlant wife for helper and sweet kid now i understant this project for garden i need for you pleas another tube how this tankes work and how get more water to tankes and do you need mator or machin to puch the water from tanks to garden

[@Off-Grid]

@@mohsenrezk This was for our septic system and was not intended as a watering system, although it could be used for that. You would run the lines into your field for the garden. You could direct water into the tanks from a roof structure. Just make sure there is a good filter before entering the tanks so they don't get full of debris

[@daleolson3506]

The music junked another video 👎👎👎👎💩💩💩😬

[@Off-Grid]

Sooooo don't watch it.