The waste water from the water softener should not discharge into your septic system. It should run to a separate dry well or onto the ground surface away from the leaching field, plants and shrubs. Be sure, too, that this discharge area slopes away from your water well, if you have one...
Our septic tank had to be pumped again today. If you’re unfamiliar with septic tanks, consider yourself blessed. A septic tank is a buried container usually made of concrete or other such strong material through which waste flows in order for the liquid to be treated and then sent out int...
or if it is jammed and does not turn, you can still stop water from running into the building. Find and turn off the electrical power to the water pump. The water pump main electrical switch is usually located near the water pump or water pressure tank (if the pump is a submersible...
If your well pump is a submersible unit (in the well) the pump power switch is usually located near the water pressure tank. To avoid flood damage to unoccupied buildings In an emergency such as a burst water pipe or when you are repairing water system components and need to turn off the...
Protect yourself.Toilet overflow is usually categorized as Category 2 orCategory 3– gray or black water, depending on its level of contamination. Stay safe by assuming that water spilling out of an overflowing toilet is dangerous. It may not contain raw sewage, but it is contaminated with micr...
It doesn’t do anything to help you. It doesn’t make you any more or less real. If anything, it could be interpreted as a means of self-harm because you’re just flagellating yourself with your problems, making yourself feel worse for no real reason. ...
which is an easy-to-install septic system for dog waste. It’s an odor-free, sanitary solution that works really well. It works like a home septic system by using environment-friendly enzymes and bacteria to turn dog waste into a ground-absorbed liquid. All you need to do is drop in ...
There’s other annoying stuff like finding the heating system had two cylinders instead of one, thus taking up the space in the drying room allocated for boot racks and such. And the biodisk septic tank having a white protuberance that sits in the middle of my garden and whirrs.Both of ...
The air valve may be found on the tank top, the tank side, on piping near the bottom of the tank such as this black-cappedSchrader valve just above the relief valve in this photo, or perhaps elsewhere. But logically you'd expect to see such a valve (if it's present at all) in ...
Well pump pressure control switch adjustment: This article describes How to Find & Adjust or Repair or Replace the Water Pump Pressure Control, what it looks like, where it is usually connected. If you need to adjust water pressure at a building served by a private pump and well system, or...