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  Septic Tank Guy

I'm waiting for the septic tank guy to come and pump out our vault. I think that it is full, and there are people coming to stay in that cabin on Thursday. If he doesn't get here before they do, they will have to come stay in our master bedroom (it has its own bath).

So I'm telling myself that even though the man said he couldn't get here until next week, I'm hoping I was able to talk him into coming sooner. Other vendors I called couldn't get here for two weeks.

On the assumption that I will be able to hear his truck when he gets here (that cabin is about 1/8 mile away) I keep running out there to look. The last time it was thunder from a big gray cloud coming over the mountain.

Mr. Troutbend is on the way home from Las Vegas today. I think this is a day early because he needs to look at the septic and figure out if being full is the problem. He didn't do great in the bowling - missed some cut by 3 pins (this happens all the time), but it sounds like he made a little progress in one of the tournaments. But at least he got those free bowling shoes and free ball.

His cat is very anxious to see him and is resting his chin on my arm while I type this, with lots of purring.

I'm going to have to clean house if those Texans who were going to stay in the one cabin are going to be in the master bedroom.





posted on July 8, 2008 9:56 AM ()

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Yikes! I didn't know I was supposed to have it pumped out every two years! We had it done about 8 years ago but not since. I also have two drain fields so if I could ever figure out how to switch from one to the other, I might have to take a home equity loan out to get them pumped out.
BTW, it's intersting that you have Waste Management out there. I thought it was only in Michigan, where it is close to a monopoly. Their prices are much higher than other companies here too.
comment by catdancer on July 12, 2008 3:35 PM ()
Just had to read a post titled "Septic Tank Guy!" A definite attention getter!!
comment by dragonflyby on July 10, 2008 8:55 PM ()
you have cabins? How cool!
comment by kristilyn3 on July 9, 2008 7:56 AM ()
It adds up to a good-sized house with lots of bedrooms and bathrooms (and headaches sometimes), just spread out over a couple of acres.
reply by troutbend on July 9, 2008 8:13 AM ()
Good luck,I'm sure you don't want to give up your room.Hopefully it's something simple.Laurie
comment by dogsalot on July 8, 2008 7:28 PM ()
There isn't a leach field attached to the tank?? We get ours pumped every 2 years or so to clean out the solids that don't go out to the field. It cost $150 this year (a special), but it looks like the going rate is now $250+.
comment by imaginaryfriend on July 8, 2008 6:04 PM ()
It's a vault - no leach field - because it's in a flood plain (or something). The other two cabins have the whole system with the leach field, fortunately.
reply by troutbend on July 8, 2008 9:27 PM ()
There must be some rule of thumb by which to more accurately compute when a septic tank requires pumping out. Maybe you should check out ruleofthumb.com...
comment by looserobes on July 8, 2008 3:20 PM ()
I should pre-screen the renters as to their bathing habits: never mind how many dogs they plan to bring, how many showers do they plan to take.
reply by troutbend on July 8, 2008 5:53 PM ()
Counting poop use is not a problem I hope to ever have. You have
my sympathy. One of the good things about our house is it is
connected to the sewer system. Yay, sewers. But the glories of
being where you are make up for it I am sure.
comment by tealstar on July 8, 2008 3:10 PM ()
It's also about counting how many showers people might take. There is a washer/dryer there and we're thinking about taking them out because that would be another unknown to add to the usage formula. I've thought about diverting the gray water to a different tank, but it's illegal in our county so we can't get a plumber to help us.
reply by troutbend on July 8, 2008 5:50 PM ()
Hope they are able to find the problem, we had to have ours pumped a few months ago...that was a pain..
comment by elfie33 on July 8, 2008 2:56 PM ()
It's looking like Mr. Troutbend is going to be today's Septic Tank Guy. Maybe it will be a roto-rooter situation (we have a hand-cranked version). I would be relieved if it turns out that solves it because then we aren't going to have to put people in our house.
reply by troutbend on July 8, 2008 3:04 PM ()
whoa,that is a lot of bucks there.Ours cost over a hundred.
we have it pumped out every two years.Wether we need it or not.
comment by fredo on July 8, 2008 12:48 PM ()
How often do you have this pumped?
comment by fredo on July 8, 2008 10:20 AM ()
This is the first year we have had people stay there, and it was pumped two years ago. I know, this sounds like we should have gotten it done sooner. The problem is that Waste Management charges $480 per time whether it is full or not, so we were trying to make sure we'd get our money's worth when we called them. I had decided to use a formula such as getting it pumped every 25 people days - the number of people staying there times the number of days they stayed.
reply by troutbend on July 8, 2008 11:05 AM ()

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