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techntrek
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Topic: Toilet paper Posted: 16 May 2015 at 10:05am |
I wonder if the pump-out schedule is different from older dry well systems and newer sand mound systems. Mine was built in '86 so has dry wells. I can't think why they would be different because the septic tank is the same.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Luv2Q
Senior Member Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Location: Central TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 309 |
Posted: 15 May 2015 at 11:03pm |
PSU's paper sure seems logical. But .. Our mitigating factors include being empty-nesters, 1000 gal tank (3 br, 2 ba house), and sugar sand as a base soil (to a depth of several feet in most places). Point being, it's tough to develop a hard & fast rule that works in all cases. 2-3 years is probably "safe" from a regulatory viewpoint but sure could be burdensome in a lot of cases.
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John & Teri
Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 15 May 2015 at 10:37pm |
House as built, 3 1/2 baths, 4 bedrooms. Septic tank sized to house/bath ratio. (1500 gallons) House as lived, 2 adults max, often only one. We had it built in 96, I figure next year I will have it pumped for giggles. |
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MoPod
Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2013 Location: Pittsville, MO Online Status: Offline Posts: 105 |
Posted: 15 May 2015 at 10:03pm |
First time we had our septic tank pumped after 5 years...after he was done he told me I probably didn't need to do any more often than 10 years. There are only two of us and a large tank.
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Bill & Nancy
2015 RPod 179 Previously 2010 RPod 176 2014 Explorer Sport |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 15 May 2015 at 9:17pm |
According to everything I've read, that is way too long.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Luv2Q
Senior Member Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Location: Central TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 309 |
Posted: 15 May 2015 at 5:44pm |
20 also for us .. the first time. Probably should be 10 from now on. Family is smaller now. That makes a difference!
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John & Teri
Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 15 May 2015 at 5:10pm |
2 year pump out schedule?? jeez. we are on a 20 year schedule.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 15 May 2015 at 3:53pm |
Personally we've never used anything special in our campers or our house (septic system). Never had a problem anywhere. Our septic guy even moved us to a 2-year pump-out schedule instead of every year.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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johnmaci
Senior Member Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 202 |
Posted: 14 May 2015 at 5:30pm |
Watch this video on TT TP. Funny and well done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-twQoVcZTaw |
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cdremy
Newbie Joined: 31 Jan 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32 |
Posted: 14 May 2015 at 5:07pm |
Your to funny. Time to go fill a bucket of water and observe the results. I feel like Mr. Wizard.
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