The guy was probably stalling you, hoping you'd go away, because that was an expensive mistake he made. I'm glad you persevered and finally got it fixed, on HIS dime, not yours. I hope the new system will be trouble free for many years.

2 years....... You, my friend, are EXTREMELY patient! I hope the new system works for you guys.

We put in a wet lands system twenty years ago. Still works. Only trouble we've had is when a squirrel went down a pipe and got caught in the T. With the wet lands ditch we also have a short leach field. I'm a gardener so we have plants in it. In the fall I cut all of the plants down. The ditch is full of gravel that I can walk on to maintain it. No smell, pretty garden. I like it.

That type of leach field is supposed to be level all the runs are supposed to be at the same level. So if they run down hill then it was not done correct to begin with. Glad they fixed it well maybe?

There is something called a "perc" test - that usually helps to avoid this problem ......

Our 1500 gal concrete tank and leach field was installed in the 60's. It still works perfectly because the kitchen sink, dishwasher, washing machine and water softener water all go into gray water tile drain. Only the bathroom drains/toilets go into septic. I could probably go 50 years without pumping tank. They new better in the old days before EPA.

I'm quite surprised that a building permit to build was given prior to a "Perk-Test" of several sample areas to test the soil for a septic and leech field.

I’d love to hear a 5 year review on the new system that he installed for you(whenever that time comes)......I wish you and your family the best.

Really glad to see that you got this fixed. A ceptic system is a thing that has to work

YAY!!! It's nice when things finally work out. 👍😁

Make sure they maintain it every year!! Yes it does need to be pumped!

I am glad it finally got fixed for you, and I am proud of you for not name shaming him. Shame on him for taking so long to fix it, but very good on you for being more respectful than he was.

Thank you for sharing and saving others from issues

This was a really good video with great information and the comments were great also because we can all learn from this thank you everyone

Patience paid off.

One thing less to worry about ! Now you can move on an get the fencing done ! God-bless Evan!!♡♡♡

Here in Wyoming it’s really difficult to get people too finish their work as well. I’m so sorry you guys had to go through this. Our roof was replaced last year after a hail storm damaged it and we still have a leaky gutter we’re waiting to be replaced. Happy for you now that’s been taken care of.👍🏻

Other than the Perc issues others have mentioned, I am amazed they let you do a septic system that close to a body of water / pond.

Well sure glad you finally got that fixed, we had a similar problem as we live out in the woods as well. Good that they did it all for free!!

Less than a minute into the video and I have to say, that is a beautiful cabin you've built yourself. Love the porch. Great pond too.

Thank you for sharing your story. I was about to install a leaching chamber system on my clayish soil and your video prevented that

That certainly was a pain in the butt, glad it’s over and done. Let’s hope all is good and the aerator chamber works as designed. Thanks for the video

It’s a damn shame!!! It should have been done right from the very beginning!!! Look at the mess they left for you to clean up and repair a previously beautiful lawn. Ohhhh! This makes me so mad! You are a better person then I am and I consider myself a good person. God bless you my friend!

Glad to hear you fixed it. With Covid and all it probably had some bearing on his staff available too. Glad you shared it can't wait to see the fence now. What a beautiful property. Hugs from Minnesota

I hope everything is done and you have no more problems with your septic system. Once the water dry up you will be good to go with your fencing. Take care from Alabama

You sir, are a good guy. Looked up the septic system in clay soil due to odors coming through my heating vents. Plumber coming tomorrow to eliminate causes then possible septic empty. Your you tube came up and I watched it. Impressed! God bless you and your wife, hope your new septic worked!

Fingers crossed! Well done for being patient.

You are very patient and God bless

Glad they finally made things right. I know that’s a pain to deal with.

Definitely should have done a perc test. They are required here as well. Easy to do and well worth it. Sounds like your septic guy is a handyman working out of his league.

Good service is a thing of the past...... Promises made are promises at the convenience of the provider.😎

I’m in SC and we have to go through DEHEC to have a septic system put in. I’m glad y’all were able to get it resolved.😊❤️

New septic tank here in PA this summer as the old one had deteriorated. This has water going to a sand mound. At least you got it fixed at no cost, but you'll have some money fixing your yard. Good video.

Perseverance. By the By, beautiful compound.

So happy you kids got resolution 🍀

Glad they fixed it for you! My husband and I redid our leach lines 20 yrs ago. The newer houses across the street have the type you now have. We live across the street from a river so our soil is different than yours, total sand soil. Thanks for sharing your experience!

Great video. I'm just surprised they allowed it so close to the pond.

Hope it all works OK. The joys of home ownership.

So sorry for all your worry and trouble. I had a feeling something was going on with you. You seemed troubled. But why do you have to finish cleaning up ? Or maybe you want to . I’m glad it’s over for you . And yes you can get on with your dreams for your homestead. Take care and may the Lord bless you and Rebecca as you continue with your plans. The house looks really good. Sure hope you don’t have to do that any more for a long time.

Glad you got it fix

I'm glad you finally got that taken care of. Be careful burning that brush pile at the end of the pipe. You wouldn't want to melt the end of the pipe and if there's are any sewer gases coming out of the pipe, burning near it could cause a much bigger problem

One requirement of correct operation of a Leach Field is that the soil has to be sandy. Clay doesn't absorb liquid. Down side of the resolution is that you are going to have and maintain the aerator system where if the guy had back filled the leach field with sand so that the yard will be capable to evaporate the water.

Good luck Evan. We are in the process of building a new home on a farm we bought in Missouri. Unfortunately we have lots of clay also. Great for pond building but lousy for a septic. We only have two options. Drip system or a lagoon! Unfortunately drips are very expensive and very high maintenance. We are going with a 1500 gallon take and the a lagoon for the effluent. Feel your pain!

Hope this system works! I had a bad sewage smell coming into my house this morning, then I spotted a portable loo truck, one which empties them and had two loos on it parked in front of my house. I thought that was the origin of the smell and felt really sorry for the driver,. Actually, the whole town stank, I think it was the sugar beet processing plant getting ready for the season.

To be clear, Clay Soil Does Not Leach! However, in my state, you're not allowed to install a Drainage Area or Leaching Area within 200 feet of the shoreline. It certainly appears as though you've got a pond less than 200 feet away from where this Plastic Chamber Leaching Field was installed. It's simply not a good idea to put your Drainage Field near a pond or a lake, or even a brook or a stream. Ideally, you want be as far away from the waters edge or "shoreline" as possible. Obviously, near any body of water it's common to have a Higher Water Table, which means the elevation of the system is a big consideration as well. We all know the old saying "higher is drier" because it's true, and very often a Higher Water Table means you'll have to install a Pump-up System to make sure the wastewater or effluent, is properly treated before it can rejoin the ground water. This is to prevent ground water contamination, which is a Potential Environmental Hazard... especially near a lake, pond, or stream. With this in mind, you want an elevated leachfield or drainfield that uses CRUSHED STONE or AGGREGATE of some kind. I like to use 3/4 inch clean crush, but even larger aggregate works well... including 1 1/2 or even 2 inch stone. By the way, Plastic Chambers can be installed with crushed stone, and I strongly recommend it if you want the longest life possible from your Plastic Chamber System. Regarding the Aeration Treatment Unit (ATU) this homeowner had installed, it's just another piece of mechanical equipment that not only requires electricity but routine maintenance, and eventually it will fail and need replacing anyway. So, I prefer "passive ventilation" which does not require an Air Pump, and can be easily done with a 4 inch PVC Plastic Pipe commonly known as a Candy Cane Vent or Goose Neck Vent. Proper Airflow is essential to all types of Septic Systems, and Passive Venting increases oxygenation or "oxygen transfer" which aids in the evaporation of excess water, and can also help to promote a more active bacterial environment. Always remember, any Leaching Field or Drainage Field should function better with increased oxygenation.

You're a better man than I! If I had the channel and followers you do I would have put this guy on blast a long time ago. As someone else has already mentioned, be prepared if this fails as well, and make sure you document document document. Good luck!

I am glad you got the septic system problem fixed and I think the guy finally came because he was scared you might sue him and replacing the septic tank and new line would be cheaper than a lawsuit, but either way, the new system looks like it will work better. We have the same problem in south Alabama with the red clay soil.

Glad to hear it is over for you. During long dry periods, the greenest part of our yard is where our leech lines are located.

Where I live you have to have a park test before installing a septic tank Our land is installed in a shallow field, then covered with soil. It looks like a small hill or mound The only thing that will grow on it, is grass

As I get older I have learned that many people who install anything when it has a problem they don't know you . Therefore I have concluded there are many more horses butts than there are horses. It is such a shame what we have sunk to. I remember in my younger days I sold wholesale tv parts to tv shops. Anything that failed we jumped through ourselves to correct it. Any of the tv repairmen did the same. Their customers knew they had backup form them and they knew they had backup from us. This was in southwest Oklahoma and people then were different than I see now. More than half the add calls I get on my phone alert as scam calls. Such a shame.

I'm glad the Contractor fixed this issue for free

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I watched your video of the original drainfield installation a while back, and you got the same chambered system that I got. Mine took a couple of years to fail, but my soil is not as high in clay as yours. Hope your new system works well. Make sure he got a permit for the new system.

What a patient guy.

You seem like a nice person. Sometimes we can be too nice. next time call a lawyer and have him do the talking.

WOW, what a literal pain in the butt!!! Hope your pond is ok!!! TY

Good to see he has fixed his mistake even if he did take a long time.

Sorry for your troubles, but hey, you said: "There's always something going on". Take that as a blessing for what it's worth.

Aerobic system should have 3 chambers. The third chamber should have a lid you can put chlorine tablets in, when that tank gets to a certain level it pumps the water to some sprinklers and tha takes care of the water. Chlorine keeps the odor down and acts as a a purifiers.

Excessive allege in the pond, fertilised by the leach off from your septic system... Must be a connection? Just a thought from Wales....🤣

The air pump bubbles system can be really successful, we have had system working for 12 years . Excellent if installed correctly, we are close to small river , and our Local authority is very strict about discharge from septic tanks. Hope it works as efficiently for you. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

the Aeration system is great for septic systems !!! congrats . I sold them for grease traps for restaurants years ago. just set a calendar reminder to clean the air filter on the bubble unit. buy a few backup filters. you can buy them and any future replacement pumps from manufactures or ebay . monitor the air bubble by eye ball inspections on a regular bases. congrats on the fix and sharing the honesty. sad you had a slow fix .

We built our home in 2014, and they put in an aerator system with a sand mound. The mound failed 5 years later. Turned to Jello basically. the builder installed a new system , Coco system and moved the drain field to another Perc spot on the property. Shortly after this was installed following year it continued to push water from that drain field. been a headache ever since. I am at my wits end. We have terrible soil here in Northeast Wayne County PA.

Lesson 0. You need to fill in the abandoned tank. Lesson 1. Approval from the building department does not guarantee that the system will meet national building code. Lesson 2. if you build your own home, you must be an expert in every system. Anyway, an aeration system is state of the art. You should be very happy with it, and you are lucky that the contractor upgraded your system for free

Those pumps are expensive and dont last to long. I use one of the pumps for air in my pond and have to rebuild it every few years. Good luck, hope it works out. Sewerage problems are a pain.

Never time to do it right the 1st time, but always time to redo it the 2nd go.

How stressful that whole septic situation must have been for you. Hopefully it's truly fixed now and you can destress a bit.

In CT they would require “septic sand”. Be trucked in for the entire septic field. I sure hope your your new system works.

Time for an aerobic septic system. Almost all septic systems in Oklahoma are Aerobic. I'm lucky that I have sandy soil so I don't have any issues with my leach field. Good luck.

Interesting, I’ve worked on a farm in the UK where the dairy parlour runoff/silage heap runoff/winter shed runoff goes into a local water course, but is met by a set of settling ponds and reed beds (gravity helped with aeration with little water falls). Reed beds seem the final cleanup if you have space, also natural UV exposure during the process before it finally met the ocean.

If all else fails ... there's always the small claims court !

Glad it all worked out. I was wondering if there'd be perking issues with that pond nearby. That clay might be kind of saturated from the pond and won't take on any more water. Out here in Eastern Oklahoma, the soil perks fine but it's not really deep. There's a hard clay and shale barrier about the 5 foot level underground, give or take. When the soil gets saturated from a lot of rain, the water goes into any empty space, so the leech lines will fill with water and there's no place for the leech water to go so it surfaces at the lowest point in the yard. This is usually an issue in winter because the soil can stay more saturated for a long time.

🤞🤞🤞🤞Sure hope this works out for you folks ???🤞🤞🤞🤞 Guessing you’ll know in a year if it’s working ! Got my fingers crossed for you 😃. Thanks for sharing with us.

We have heavy clay soil as well -- they only allow 'at grade' systems around here with three tanks. I also add gypsum to the ground on and around the mound yearly to break up the clay, and we dump our gray water from the washer on the ground as the micro fibers from plastic clothes will plug up the soil. In Wisconsin you need perk test and a septic permit to build! Add gypsum to the area. You wont regret it!

Man, what a shitty situation! I don't know if would have been that patient with this guy. I'm glad it has been fixed now. You can see the relief in your face in this video, must have been hard to deal with, since you like to do things near perfect:), and then to have this problem and there is nothing you can do yourself to fix it. Anyway, as you said, now you can move on and finish your property.

I am going through the same situation now. Almost 4 months old and the whole leach field is waterlogged and sewage is backed up in the tank. My property passed two perc test, was inspected during installation, and still failed. I am really unhappy with this situation and hope that it will be resolved shortly at no cost to me.

Check out Red Bank, NJ named for the banks of the Navesink River clay... Lots of lime got the septic working for us in Little Silver. There is a very high water table with little soil on top of the clay and many homes did not have basements. It was the least expensive thing to try for us. BTW, it worked quickly, killed the surface slime, got rid of the stink, and never came back! Let me know.

Never seen an aeration system with just one tank. Usually they have 3 tanks including a trash settlement tank, aeration tank, and pump tank. It would make more sense if they didn't bypass your original tank and are using it as the trash settlement tank in the new system?

I have a septic leech field that's made of black clay. It's been around for more than 20 years, never had a problem. It's probably because the septic was designed for a family of 7, but is used by a family of 1, and also because Austin, Texas, is bone dry most of the year. An aerobic system would require a maintenance contract that costs several hundred dollars a year. It would be nice if the treated water could be used to water the foundation.

I'm surprised that they didn't require your septic guys to build up a mound using top soil for the leach field. We had to go through this process last year for a second construction and that was the only way to pass inspection (and make it work). Even though we have about a couple of feet of topsoil we still had to build it up. Clay is definitely not a good thing. I hope they take care of this for you.

Nothing worse than that kind of long ongoing drama. It's the source of many grey hairs on my head. Glad you got over it and can clear that out of your mind.

Oh, man. I'm so sorry you have been going through all of this 😢 You really need to go on this companies website and do a true review about all of your troubles getting them out there to fix the problem. Save someone else the headache. I know you are super nice and all but you need to go do an honest review so no one else goes through this

That is a terrible situation to have arise on you. I do not know if you need periodic maintenance on the aerated system tank to remove and solids build up that may occur, so you may want to check into that. Hopefully the new system will get you all straightened out.

Where is your county inspector? He approved the system. It is not your problem, it is his. Get him out there and have him make the contractor get it fixed.,

Oh poop! 💩

If that original tank goes dry it can float out of the ground. Check and make sure water is in it to hold it down. Hope this works for you.

Good that he finally fixed it. Absolutely inexcusable he took that long to fix it tho.

Ah, at least a good ending to the long story, and the contractor stood by his word and did what he was supposed to be doing, even that it took long time, credit to that guy for honoring the deal! And happy to see that you got home and got a good surprise:)

If you run your gray water a different way, it won't overwhelm the septic system & thus, the ground. Happened at our house, and when my husband replumbed and routed the gray water out a different way, that solved the problem! No more saturated ground or unpleasant odor!

Wow! Two years.....hope this fix provides you with a "clean" solution to the problem.

Remember me asking if there was a source of nutrients getting into the pond? That upper leach branch line looks like it might make it into it. Especially if there was a mole tunnel or old root channel pointing that way. Watch the pond going forward to see if the algae problem gets better.

JudithB Good grief!!! I would have asked neighbors what system they have. I wonder if you can use lime to eliminate the stench Maybe this fall if that grass dries you can burn that spot. I am having trouble with my pipes under the house draining properly, but its a long shallow slope. The other bathroom works fine so its not the tank or field. and not clay dirt!! Hopefully I can get a plumber in next year, its a nuisance!!!!

We had the same prob happen we had to have a airation system that ran us about 13,000 But no issues since

Many places require an on-site perc test. Sounds like your county didn't require one, or your contractor muffed it. Glad to see the fix was his cost, not yours.

Sorry this happened to you. This sort of thing g is why I'm thinking of having grey water piped away from the septic system we may end up having soon (selling our subrban homestead to go buy land) and we have 3 either grown or nearly grown men-children and the wife and I lol, that's alot of showers and toilet flushes for strictly urine flushes... removing the shower water (if appropriate) from the system would seem to massively reduce the water In the system... sinks for sure are grey and can be piped separately from the septic system. Its alot to think about... thanks for the video!

I would have cut out that backyard,built a sand mantel,laid out 4"pipe for the field,cover in washed gravel,geotextile,topsoil,done.Does'nt have to be that complicated.Anything with pumps,power,alarms is a pain in the butt.Conventional beds are the easiest and cheapest with a good shelf life if taken care of.Good luck.

Also from what septic guy said was they had to crush the old tank for safety reasons and fill it with rock you should look and see if the old tank is just sitting hollow

Hello I know its 1 year later so 8m not sure you solved your problem but in other parts of the world we use a soaking pit rather than a leaching field I think that might work better in clay soils.

You are one patient guy. I went through something similar with a leak we had on a new roof we had installed. We found the Company at a reputable hm improvement show. They were licensed & insured as well. Long story short I had to hire another roofer @ $10,000 additional. So glad you got it fixed with no new fees. Though I have to wonder what kind of rating you'd give that company now.😏

Having called the BBB might have helped, or having your lawyer send a threatening letter would have motivated him. But, a silver lining to your wait, you now have a system that has 2 year newer technology, so maybe it’s better than what he may have installed 2 years ago had he responded promptly. 👍