Holy Sh*t...tank! Tuesday, July 24, 2007

That's right! The septic tank was finally installed on Tuesday. It's not as big as I thought it was going to be.

They also worked on the exterior again, adding more Typar and stucco wire.


Here is the pipe that runs from the septic tank into the basement.

The septic field was also started. It's at the front of the house so that the geothermal heating system loops can be run at the back of the house. At first the field didn't look like it was going to be that big...

Apparently when you install septic tanks, before you put them into the ground, you're supposed to attach a hose to the inside of tank, and it's easiest to do that when it's not in the ground, as you can put the tank on its side and just crawl in. Well...

...as you can see, they didn't hook up the hose before they installed the tank, so one of the guys had to climb in and install it from the inside. I bet he filled up our tank with sweat, since it was so hot out that day. That, and the fact that he was inside a septic tank...

Here's the house as it stands now...