The slope of the hill is 15 degrees or less.
Uphill septic system diagram.
Is it best to get an engineer to design the system or should the local installers know how to handle the pump and pipe sizing.
So to sum it up it is common in some areas to have to make stuff flow uphill and pumps are made to do this quite well.
Septic system design and size can vary widely from within your neighborhood to across the country due to a combination of factors.
These factors include household size soil type site slope lot size proximity to sensitive water bodies weather conditions or even local regulations.
It s a three bedroom house and the distance form the house to the drain field will be approximately 300 feet.
A conventional gravel system is comprised of a septic tank and drainfield.
The system is sited to allow gravity to advance wastewater throughout the septic system.
Pumped systems are usually designed by an engineer or a licensed septic system designer and usually include an alarm system to alert the owner to pump problems.
There are a variety of pumped system designs that can be used when it is necessary to move the effluent uphill.
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I need to install a septic system with the drain field up hill from the house.