Shit happens

[PeteC]

To my knowledge in my development here there are no drainage fields at all. It drains right into underground concrete tunnels, out to the street to a larger tunnel, then out to an even larger city tunnel and away to somewhere.

On the property, the normal shower/washer/rain drains go right into the same tunnels thus helping to wash away any ST liquid.

No odor problems so far, it seems to work well.

#1 Tank and first small hatch to the 'underground' It then takes a right hand turn, another right hand turn and....

#2 Heads for the street. Two small concrete hatches along there.

#3 Out on the street and beginning of large tunnel, and also the drain for street water etc. All of this eventually goes right off the entire development into the city system.

I have the same set up on the other side of the house for the other tank. Pete

[stgrhe]

To my knowledge in my development here there are no drainage fields at all. It drains right into underground concrete tunnels, out to the street to a larger tunnel, then out to an even larger city tunnel and away to somewhere.

This means that the drainage is still full of nasty bacterias when it enter where ever, whereas a properly made drainage field would take care of that. I wonder where you drainage ends up? If you have a well in the proximity I would be concerned.

G.

[PeteC]

To my knowledge in my development here there are no drainage fields at all. It drains right into underground concrete tunnels, out to the street to a larger tunnel, then out to an even larger city tunnel and away to somewhere.

This means that the drainage is still full of nasty bacterias when it enter where ever, whereas a properly made drainage field would take care of that. I wonder where you drainage ends up? If you have a well in the proximity I would be concerned.G.

All good questions and I don't know. Every house is like this and this entire complex is made up of four developments and privately built custom homes, an 18 hole golf course, two pools, club house and restaurant, driving range and four serviced apartment buildings. Total single family homes number around 300. It very well could be that somewhere on the 500 acres here they have their own drainage field for everything. I've just never looked into it. Pete

[hhfarang]

They use drain fields in rural areas in the states where there is no public sewer system installed, but I've never seen one here. I think ours is just like SJ described, drains to the storm drains which drains to a lake down the hill!

Hopefully, no one except the cows use that lake as drinking water!

[migrant]

They use drain fields in rural areas in the states where there is no public sewer system installed, but I've never seen one here. I think ours is just like SJ described, drains to the storm drains which drains to a lake down the hill!

Hopefully, no one except the cows use that lake as drinking water!

Had them when I lived in Maine. Drainage area varied, of course. If one didn't empty periodically then the stuff going to the drain is not as clean so the drainage area (which should be porous) would lose it's ability to drain.

If this happened then the drainage area would need to be dug out, and replaced with a more porous mix.

All to a big expense!!

[pitsch]

Today they came with a very antique vehicle full of rust to clean the septic tank. The man dipped an iron bar into the tank and said it was completely full. Therefore he has to charge 500 Baht (he saw me farang living there). After 10 mins discussion with my missus (I always wonder what they talk about) he agreed on 400 Baht. As soon as they started, the pump made its last movement and died (RIP). So they will come again tomorrow ( I did not yet give them any money).

[Big Boy]

As soon as they started, the pump made its last movement and died (RIP)

That must have been one hell of a curry

[Nereus]

. The man dipped an iron bar into the tank and said it was completely full. Therefore he has to charge 500 Baht (he saw me farang living there). ( I did not yet give them any money).

You did not expect him to say that it was only half full, did you?

And I write again: It is SUPPOSED to be "full". How else can it work?
The difference is: is it full of solids, or is it just full of liquid? If it is working correctly, it should have a "crust" floating on top of the liquid.

[f0xxee]

My advice?

Do as the Locals do and rinse your chocolate starfish with the handy spray hose (hint: it's too short to water the orchids so it must have another use) located generally to the right of the toilet first, then use the toilet paper second. Cuts toilet paper useage down by 75% especially after a Guiness and Steak kind of night, and your septic tank and the bunny-huggers will love you for it.....

[Randy Cornhole]

Remove the lid, toss in some explosive charges and run away rather fast. The effect will be two fold.

The tank will be emptied and your garden will be fully manured by a lovely chocolate fountain. Invite some friends round and have a party. Simple...

[pitsch]

Thx for the good tips.
Finally our tank is cleaned and the toilet flush is working with full power again. The problem was my fault. Because the toilet paper is so thin here, I used baby wipes after the bum gun (I learned this epression from the poll thread) and this is really not good for the system because it can block all sort of pipes.

The man with the hose had also problems, because the diameter of the hose was about the same as for swimming-pool cleaning and the inlet always was blocked. So he had to stand with his bare feet on the shitty wipes to get the hose loose again.

So I have to find another strategy to get my ass clean.

[hhfarang]

So I have to find another strategy to get my ass clean.

My dog just drags his on the lawn...

Randy, that explosion with a chocolate fountain happened at my house a couple of years ago. I had 3 females living in the house for a couple of months (wife, mother in law, step daughter) and they were evidently using a lot of paper. The toilet that is not in a bedroom, i.e. most conveniently accessible from the entire ground floor was the one they were using the most and the septic that it is connected to stopped up. The toilet would not flush and me, thinking it was stopped up at the toilet, plunged until I had blisters to no avail. Then I used a snake (not a real one, it's a plumber's tool!) to try to get to the blockage and still had no luck.

I called the poop pumpers and they opened the septic and found a huge wad of paper in a ball shape blocking the pipe that enters the tank. One of the guys pried it loose (this tank also services one upstairs bathroom so there were full pipes from 4 meters up under pressure) and there was a brown geyser that rivaled Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park!

Both men were drenched from the explosion and the garden got a good layer of fertilizer! I was standing just far enough away to be out of danger and it sure was funny. Even the two guys dripping in shit laughed their heads off.

Wish I been making a video. It would have been a winner on youtube!

[PeteC]

The solution is not that difficult. What do most men wear here while lounging around the house? Probably 3 pieces of clothing: UP's, tank top or T-Shirt and shorts, all easily removed.

Most bathrooms have a shower a step or two away from the john. Heavy duty squirt cleaning on there and a hop-skip to the shower for finishing soap and rinse, dry with bath towel.

No TP needed at all. Pete

[komfortablynumb]

Isn't this all getting a bit anal.
I swear i stopped flushing my bum paper down the bog 25 years ago in Greece.
Also my tampons. (whatever they are)
A lovely little waste basket was provided to deposit it all in.
I wonder where that went?
The original soak away put in by the builder in Prak was a little small and too damn close to the house.
Use your imagination with 4 women in the house.
Oh tell me they don't Put Put.
However current builder put larger and a little further away seems to work fine now.
I do wonder if we ask too much?
i have indearing thought is of the boss in Udon Thani wandering off at 6 am with a little shovel over her shoulder into the jungle.
I would love to see a poisonous snake try to stop her in her quest.
Sadly i do have a video of 3 Thai labourers digging a hole 1 afternoon in my garden for a septic tank.
But i wouldnt want to inflict that on you.
Like me i thought i would have another singha.
The bit of hose next to your toilet is wonderful.
As opposed to the communal plastic cup. Next to the hole in the floor. which you dip into a big bucket of water.
All things asian we have passed into the 21st century.
Luv your bum.
Having a dump is a good time to check your heamorrhoids.
Where were we?

[Khundon1975]

This could be taking us back to the golden days of http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/bo ... t3361.html


Edit: Used quote instead of url

Big Boy That link was full of shit.

Back in Blighty many moons ago, I was visiting a large factory site where some Irish lads were installing a 60,000Lt metal underground septic tank for the factory next door.

The tank was sausage shape and huge. The hole had been dug and the tank was installed in the hole.
When the first load of concrete arrived it was semi dry but they asked for it to be "wetted up" which the supplier duly did. When it came out of the mixer wagon it was like soup.
Despite being told by several people that the tank would just float before the concrete set they carried on with another 5 wet loads into the hole surrounding the tank.

Eventually they decided to revert to semi dry concrete for the last 5 loads and the tank was covered and everyone went home.

In the morning, the tank was on the surface resting on 72M3 of solid concrete, surrounded by hysterical onlookers and bemused Irishmen, scratching their heads.

Oh how we laughed.

Shit happens.