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    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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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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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2015 at 10:37pm
Originally posted by techntrek

According to everything I've read, that is way too long.




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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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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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2015 at 9:17pm
According to everything I've read, that is way too long.
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Posts: 309 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2015 at 5:44pm
Originally posted by furpod

2 year pump out schedule?? jeez. we are on a 20 year schedule.

20 also for us .. the first time.  Probably should be 10 from now on.  Family is smaller now.  That makes a difference! Cry
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2 year pump out schedule?? jeez. we are on a 20 year schedule.
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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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Watch this video on TT TP. Funny and well done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-twQoVcZTaw
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Your to funny. Time to go fill a bucket of water and observe the results. I feel like Mr. Wizard. 
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