[hardav]

Hi:

I've never used this site before but came across it on the Internet and thought it might help our situation. We have had continuous septic problems over the past 4 years. It all started when we had our septic pumped for the first time. Roughly about a year or year and a half later, it came up in our back yard again. We called another company to pump out our system and he said that we should add 1500 feet of additional field lines. We did that at that time as well as having him pump out our system. Less than 6 months later, the septic came up again in our back yard. I have called the county to come out and look at it and have documentation on the soil testing that they did on our property. They said that the company may have installed the field lines not deep enough in the ground. We had the same company come back out and he said that everything looked fine. We have had our septic tank pumped a third time - Now, it is 2/13/07 and we are going to have to have it pumped again. It is coming up in our back yard. The last company said that he suggested we put in an additional type system to where we have a "switch" that we manually would flip when one set of field lines gets full. When we hit the switch, it will shut off one side and the other side will start working and give the side we shut off time to drain properly. This system cost approx. $ 3,500. At this point, we can't afford that and we are going to have to have it pumped again until we are able to figure out what to do. We have a 1,000 tank and there are 2 adults and 5 children living in our house. Our washing machine DOES NOT pump into our septic. The only thing that pumps into the septic is the toilets, sinks and dishwasher. ANY advise would be appreicated as we are at our whits end with the whole situation. Also, do you know if extensive septic system work is covered under insurance or would we need to contact our insurance company to find that question out? Thank you for anything you can tell us.

[speedball1]

Well one's thing for sure. If the drain field was doing its job the septic tank wouldn't be filling up so fast. Of course you realize that if you discharge a disposal into the septic system the septic tank will have to be pumped more frequently. But since you failed to post the results of the percolation test We have know way of knowing if the soil will carry the liquid away the septic system puts into it. You would have to contact your homeowners agent to find out if you're covered. Good luck, Tom