[AT] Shop bathroom question

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

I'm curious to where you live and how they view this type of system if you should need a building permit for additions or changes to your property.

My house is an old farm house (1896 by the deed) and at some point they installed a septic similar to what you describe. I was inquiring about having a newer well (mine is somewhat shallow and not terribly abundant) and they (the county) was going to try to force me to install a new septic system before they'd give me a permit for the well. They decided since they didn't have any records of what the system was that I should get a new one.

I decided I couldn't afford both and did neither. But I think it's funny since the development I grew up in has a community septic system that basically is a several thousand gallon tank with big air compressors to circulate the waste before the top moves into a smaller tank and then to a tube that leads to a ravine. I remember going with dad (and when I was older by myself) to make sure everything was in operating order. Once a month they'd take a water sample to send to the state for confirmation that it was acceptable.

Just curious to how things vary from state to state and county to county.

Brad

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Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Shop bathroom question

I had existing plumbing, I built the shop where we had my Dad's trailer
behind our house for about 10 years.  All I had to do was move the drain
about 20' and reroute the buried electric and water supply.

His septic tank was a old 300 gal liquid fertizizer tank.  It has a run out
to the surface after about 300' of perf pipe.  We have to use a water
softener or we get rust stains in the fixtures, so we run a lot of salty
water thru the system.  It never stinks, but the salt water sure draws the
deer.  I think it's basically functioning like a overflow in a lagoon.

Our house only has one bathroom and we need to replace the tub-shower unit
sometime.  Having this shower will give us something to use when we tear out
the one in the house.


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