At the house I grew up in, my parents had it pumped once in 25 years with a family of 5 living there. I was there when they came to pump it, when they opened the lid it was 2-3 feet from the top. Maybe septic systems of the 60's were bigger?
At my current home built in 1956 I was forced to connect to the city sewage system several years ago (I had to pay about $1100 for the privilege). Took them two weeks and three trips to my basement just to get the correct breakers that would fit my old box. they collapsed and filled my tank in and installed a grinder pump. I hope it doesn't fail while I'm the owner, I've heard horror stories about the expense to have it repaired/replaced if it dies. I'll admit it was impressive how they came and did directional boring 200' from the street and around a corner of the house 20' to my hookup, it came within inches of the target.
At my current home built in 1956 I was forced to connect to the city sewage system several years ago (I had to pay about $1100 for the privilege). Took them two weeks and three trips to my basement just to get the correct breakers that would fit my old box. they collapsed and filled my tank in and installed a grinder pump. I hope it doesn't fail while I'm the owner, I've heard horror stories about the expense to have it repaired/replaced if it dies. I'll admit it was impressive how they came and did directional boring 200' from the street and around a corner of the house 20' to my hookup, it came within inches of the target.
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