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    Jul 12, 2016, 02:28 PM
    Huge septic tank cover
    So, I have someone coming on Thursday to pump my septic tank. This is the first time since I bought the house that I'm having it done and they told me to dig up the cover. So I found the tank but had no luck finding the cover so I started to dig. I dug the entire top of the cement tank up. The only thing that I believe may be the cover is a 5 ft by maybe 2ft at least 3 inch thick cover. It has 2 hooks on top, one of which is broken. Now, of all the research I've done I haven't been able to find anything like it. Does this seem correct? If there is a way I could post pictures..
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    Jul 12, 2016, 02:33 PM
    no, not seems correct === you should not have to dig anything up but the cover is as u describe but someone buried it...
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    Jul 12, 2016, 02:53 PM
    It's a cement cover, if that's the cover that is, so it has to be extraordinarily heavy
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    Jul 12, 2016, 03:05 PM
    Ours was buried and the septic company found it. Our cover is about 3 feet by 3 feet with two rebar handles. Apparently in California, we had to replace it with a plastic threaded cover. Ours was many feet below the surface. I spray painted a spot on the brick nearest the cover and wrote down for myself its' exact location from that spot.
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    Jul 12, 2016, 03:22 PM
    There should be an access hole. Mine has two 18" diameter ports with rebar handles.
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