They are trying to make it to expensive for a poor man to buy a house. 55 years ago I watched my daddy dig a septic tank which he made of cinder blocks with about 150 feet of drain field we put oyster shells into the drain field the pipe was cast iron. It served for about 30 years at which time my mother connected to city sewage which was unavailable when we built. Looks like you are building a sewerage system for a hotel.

How can you do that without being licensed

@@carollowney5887 You only have to be licensed if you are a contractor doing it for pay.

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So where do you drain it then??

I also fell out of my chair. I want to know too. I'm in North Kitsap. Thought a homeowner install was no longer a possibility. I have the equipment and the tools hoping I could do this when the build starts. Thanks so much for the video.

Me three. Olalla!!

The depth that they are installed is specified in the septic design that you will need, also the amount of cover is also specified it is very important that they are installed per plan. I’m currently installing another system in Mason County and the depth and mount of cover was inspected by the health district to make sure it was per plan. The depth will be different based on the soil conditions, how much top soil you have and how close the hard pan is. When the perk holes get dug the depth of hard pan is determined. I hope this helps.The depth that they are installed is specifided in the septic desgin that you will need, also the amount of cover is also specifide it is very omportant that they are installed per plan. im currently istalling another system in Mason county and the depth and mount of cover was inspected my yhe health district to make sure it was per plan.

C R There is no distance requirement, i assume you’re referring to a gravity drain system, you must maintain a certain slope to the pipe, PIPE DIAMETER MINIMUM SLOPE 2 1/2" or smaller 1/4" per foot 3" to 6" 1/8" per foot 8" or larger 1/16" per foot Do you slope requirements are per the national plumbing code, You can also have too much slope which allows the water to build too much force as it’s going down the pipe in closet splash through diversion box basically all I’m saying is don’t run your pipe down hill at 45° angle. However your septic system design should show the slope is required.

I think you could do that, however there is some very specific install instruction for the infiltrators, for example the dirt along the sides where the louvers are has to be lightly packed, before the rest is back filled. The inspected actually checked that. It surprised me.

+h2bbuilt That Tractor is a Kubota and it cost $32,000 plus all his attachments rounds out somewhere near $45,000 plus a lot of welding and modifying. He bought it in Oregon and he picked it up using an F-150. Which by the way is a bad idea, because the tractor weighs more than an F-150 can tow correctly, it damaged his transmission and his truck hasn't been quite right since. Ideally you would own a Diesel 2500 of pick your own brand and that hauls it just fine. He has a flatbed trailer that (add $5,000). This is my brother and I'm glad he buys cool stuff like this so he can do things with and or for me but for the everyday guy going to build one house and live in it, just rent one and it will be cheaper.

+h2bbuilt i was about to ask Daniel same questions... I'm looking forward on getting a tractor like this one.. seems really helpful.. I know this is a Kubota L3200..

That little Kubota only weights 2,600 lbs!! It's a baby backhoe. Although an F-150 is a light duty truck, it can pull that perfectly fine.

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Well the tractor I have is not an excavator understood, however the tractor itself weighs 2400, the front loader is 900 and the back hoe is 1900 also the heels are ballasted hey add another 800 each. For a total of 6800 lbs. Also the trailer I have witch I realize is over kill weighs 3500 lbs. so real weighs that was towed behind the truck was 10300 lbs. The max tow rating for my F-150 truck was 8800 lbs. I did have all of this stuff weighed. In any case I cant prove that towing the tractor with my F-150 is what wrecked my transmission but I will say it was over weight for the truck. Sometimes you have to make what you have work. I have cense bought and F-350 diesel as to no wreck another transmission.

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The depth was specified by the health district and the installation oversight inspector. Between me and you and now the Internet, I ended up moving about 3 feet of dirt over the top of that Dreamfield several years later.

We are in Kitsap County In Washington state. The white pipe on the top of the foundation is for all of the gutter to tie into. They then drain into a Infiltration pit. Every state and every county has different requirements. and the County the i live in has some of the most restrictive requirement that i have ever had to deal with.

You need to check if that green pipe is going into the septic, or if its the pipe leaving the septic and going to the drain field because that would clog up the drain field. The septic's purpose is to catch solids and sludge so only waste water goes to the drain field, so you don't want to bypass it.

Locally, There are construction stores that sell all of these things, its where contractors buy their materials. Not all contractor stores will sell to public but most will.

Oh thank you!

All water from the house goes to the drain field. I would not recommend driving over a drain field as it compacts the soil and in turn changes the absorption rate.

The distance away from the house is determined by the perk test the perk test is done by a septic designer there is no specified distance away from the house for a drainfield it has everything to do with the soil content of soil type and drainage ability of the soil if you’re doing this without a septic design you’re probably not going to be able to pass inspection.

@@DanielWoodell thanks so much or the info

This is a Gravity feed system the pipes are empty they cannot freeze. The only time there is water is when the water goes through them temporarily

Air vents for displaced air as liquid e theres the pipes.

well the 32 inch black Pipe is not just black pipe they are infiltrators, and they have louver vents in the sides, But as for the pipe yes it sticks about 2 or 3 inch inside, there is a splash plate that the effluent lands on when it enters the infiltrators.

Looks like a great system. About 30 years ago they stopped using two tanks but some found the back tank would not perk so most went back to two tanks. Nice burp by the way... P.S. I honour the “paying it forward” craze where the purpose is to increase everybody’s subscription by subscribing to each others channel. I subscribed to your channel and will subscribe to anyones channel that comments “paying it forward” on any of my videos and subscribes to my channel. Pass it on. Take care Ray

That's just home building. People nowadays forget what it takes to live inside sometimes....

and truthfully, the equipment was undersized for the job. A pro would've brought in a 15ton machine and had it done in two days. I don't knock this guy though, i plan on doing the same thing.

Everything is over engineered now. In my state septic field sizes have doubled in the last two years. It's too bad its costing people a fortune to repair it now

Overkill

Thank you for the positive feedback, you are absolutely correct I really needed to put a lot more information in this video. This video was one of the first videos that I posted on KZfaq, and I really had no idea what I was doing as far as putting out informative videos, I have been working hard to fix that and your feedback is greatly appreciated. I think that you might find this serious of five videos much more informative. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJaDpciZxNLaeWQ.html

No worries. Thanks for taking the post the way it was meant. There are far to many 'sensitive' men these days. :P

Dude its common sense easy.

Dumbass @ Maxwell Smart. More like Maxwell Dumb.

The system that I installed was designed by septic system engineer it’s required in Kitsap County in Washington state. it’s not that A more basic system or gravel system would not work it’s more that this is what’s required by the county that I live in🙁 I didn’t want to do this and it cost a hell of a lot more money but this is what’s required where I live😕

In my state it has nothing to do with the number of sinks, bathrooms, showers, toilets, dishwashers, wash machines, or drains. It all revolves around bedroom count and potential 'users'. You can have 12 bathrooms and 1 bedroom and have a smaller tank and field as a home with 1 bath and 12 bedrooms. It also depends on percolation of the soil. And the 'rules' are going to be different from municipality to city to county to state. Each will have different regulations that agree or disagree with another. Here, we have rock and clay in different parts of the county, so you may have a 'great location' for infiltrators or best for wetland or old grey water systems as well as the new Geotextile type leach systems. I've been in contracting for 26 years now and have a pretty good knowledge of the process here, which in no way is perfect. I also helped a friend when his infiltrator field stopped working. He had to pump the field and tank several times and after years is still holding water even after we diverted to a secondary and much bigger field below the original. At the first the environmental said 'add another leach field downhill' then it was 'it must be longer and wider' and then 'it has to be a minimum of 4ft below grade and level, which put it 9ft below some of the grade. This also forced us to break solid rock. We finally had them out and after a heated discussion and several calls, finally got them to OK a more shallow field so they could start showering and flushing again. We also racked up about 8k in costs even doing the secondary field ourselves. To this day the original filed still will not drain because of percolation failure of the original field, which by the way was only about 10 years old at the time of the original builders installation. Our Environmental Engineer inspector has described several jobs in place here that have 'miles of leach field in order to work correctly to standards and regulations'. One restaurant here, that is also near a watershed creek, has more concrete in their septic system build than 10 houses would need and has to be pumped several times a month to accommodate the business needs and not run into the watershed of the old town. It's a crazy thing flushing a toilet......... Your best bet is to attach to the city sewer if you can, but that's just not the case for most of us!!

My house is 2000 sqft and I was told 375sq ft of drain field. Whatever the hell that means.

Infiltrators $1800piping\fittings about $400tank $1200 Permits health district $600 Septic design $1800 Time about 20 hrs. So about $5800I got a few estimates the cheapest one was $12500 all the way up to $18100

Upside to DYI Septic: 1. There's not a lot of risk to messing it up in terms of systems that would have to be rebuilt because of a problem down the line (as opposed to indoor piping, laying a foundation, framing, etc..), and you probably won't be holding up the building schedule if you start the project at the right time of year. BUT You're also looking at another 3-5 days worth of land-moving machine rental, which adds another $1,000, and your measurements need to be spot on or you'll be digging up your yard in a few years. So, if $7k in materials and 20 man hours is best case scenario to DYI successfully, when you consider labor cost per hour and liability insurance, $12,500 for a professionally installed septic is a pretty good quote if the materials they use are better quality than you can get for a DYI project--especially if they have a rep for standing behind their work. Just on my street, I've seen two $2500 finger digs turn into $10K fiascos. Hard to know exactly what's under the ground until you start turning up soil.

@Daniel Woodell Thats really good. Here in NJ a new septic system costs 20-30k on average. They're extremely strict with regulations and we have a lot of groundwater. One of the largest aquifers in North America actually.

It’s the drain feild it’s how all of the effluent (water) goes in order to absorbed into the ground.

Perforated Pipe is cheaper. He said the infiltrators cost $1800 (in another video) perf pipe is around $300. Both fail at about 20-30 years. The infiltrator is a bear to remove. Inflitrato breaks up and you need to remove all of it. So I have been told by my township inspector.

Yup i did.

yes, I do not understand that either. I am in the process of getting permits and the perk holes have to be dug first.

So yes there has to be holes first I did not show that very well in this video. But in Kitsap county in Washington State, the inspector that dose the final inspection requires there to be one hole on the down slope side and one hole on the end of the drain field to validate that the infiltrators are not in hard pan. these are separate from the perk holes that you dig to validate dirt type. I am currently installing a system in Mason county in Washington and they don't require these last to holes. make sure you check your local requirements

@@DanielWoodell Makes sense. I'm in Northern Idaho and our health department was very helpful and easy to work with.

I'm in the same boat, but I plan on an acreage with some old machines for digging etc.. If you're thinking cabin in the woods and not owning any equipment, I'd probably farm this one out. I keep working up cost projections for wells, septic, land clearing.... It all comes down to what equipment you want to purchase and if you don't have a use for it after building..... is it really worth it?

Checking grade, you want the chamber to be level

yes i had to get a engineer to draw up the plans in Kitsap county it is called a sight development plan and it show the house, property lines, well, and the general topography of the land, it also has the proposes septic system on it. i paied for this before i purchased the property as i wanted to make sure that i would get approved for a gravity drain system, before i owned the property. Its kind of a risk doing this first because if i did not get approved for a gravity drain system i would have been out $1800 for the sight development plan.

In Kitsap county Washington state if you get approved for a gravity drain septic system then yes the homeowner is allowed to install the system themselves. Homeowners are not allowed to install any other type of system in Kitsap county. That is governed by the health district.

This is what is required by the health district and the county in western Washington. i Agree with you that is is over kill. but it is what is required!! you should check out this other set of videos of the system that i just installed for my brother also in western Washington. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbeKnKuInrOnqJs.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJaDpciZxNLaeWQ.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZ6je7On3tqpkmw.html

I am sure it is not the state or County's fault it is the insurance companies it's always the insurance companies and every time a new manager or a new district manager comes in he has to show that he has done something they always got to do better every stinking manager has to cut costs cut labor and eventually destroy is what managers do

Next time shoot the inspector and put his dead body in the septic tank! When the other Communist Bolsheviks show up do the same. After you have 50 of them in your septic tank, you will realize your tank isn't big enough. Can you tell I hate Communist Bolsheviks? Hey it's a good start to freedom!!!!!!!

No it is United Nations agenda 2020, and 2030 LOOK IT UP! "They" hate the fact you are independent and supposedly own the land!

Exactly right his city is taking him for a ride but its liberal Washington what do you expect.

This is a different type of system, it is very common on the west cost. No gravel with these.

But hay you know what your doing more power to you!

Haters gonna hate. I can guess what you do for a living.... Oh, and English lessons are given for a reason as well. :)

Not in Kitsap county In Washington State. this country allow for the homeowner to install a gravity drain system only. f it is anything else then you must be Licensed. each county has different rules, for example in mason county if you call the department of health and show that you have experience with septic systems they will allow you to install any type of system.

Daniel Woodell wow gotcha. Im in Union county north Carolina. Can only install convential regular septic by yourself