My septic, dry well, inlet is 3 ft off my house. Just had it pumped, working perfectly...1940s built. The second vent is 5 ft further out. The tanks are at the top of a downhill slope, sandy soil. All is good. Western Wisconsin
I wish you can some here, 2 inches lower than the street no basin from the county, so I have put it out toward the ditch. My neighbor takes the water from the other side of his home and pumps it into his home slop in my yard when he has no power or if his ejector pumps fail, I have been fighting a long battle of water and politics
My neighbor's A-frame drains off the front of her house, but her side yard drains to mine. I have a square home and no gutters since it freezes hard and our silt erodes over the river rock/gravel/sand. My side yard has concrete path, water drips on that and I have 4' of space...but the neighbor's yard! I put in moisture loving plants, but had to put in plastic edging to keep back their noxious weeds and grasses-creating slight drainage issue. I plan on putting in a cute pond for retention and a shallows for evaporation. I have nowhere to put a drywell further than 10'. Would be about 4'...would that be okay???
You said if a drywell fills up and doesnt percolate for a long time that a drywell might not be best for your yard- most likely due to high clay content. Is the only answer to bring the water to the street? Thanks!
While investigating proper yard drainage and what I need to de here... I wonder if when using a dry well as a just in case measure, did you still use the slotted French drain on the way to it??? Do you always use the slotted French drain right out from the house, or does it switch from a larger pvc to a certain distance?
Robert I know this video is years old but I had a question regarding drywall location. Are there any issues with having a dry well installed when my property has a septic tank and also a water well. I have enough property to place a dry well at least 50 ft away but wanted your input since I would assume you've ran into this issue.
So... what do you do if you have poor soil percolation and your dry well doesn't drain well or fast enough. i live in Ontario Canada and we have 3.5 - 4 foot deep frost line. So i buried my 1.5 inch sump line 4 feet deep inside a 4" pvc pipe just incase i ever have to repair it, i can just pull the 1.5 inch line out instead of excavating it all up again. I did not put any sort of check valve on the end of my 1.5 inch sump line because I know they often fail over time. i ran it 40 feet away from my house into a HUGE dry well i dug 9 feet deep by 6 feet by 6 feet. than back filled it with 5 feet of round rock completely surrounded by commercial grade fabric and then 4 feet of soil on top of the stone to grade. my house and dry well are both on a hill and my yard drops down pretty significantly right next to where I put the dry well... so there should be lots of places for the water to seep out of my dry well... yet after only 1 rain fall my huge dry well appears to be full and water is actually traveling back up my 4 inch pipe and back out the top. What did I do wrong? do i need to vent of some sort or something? maybe at the discharge end out the dry well or the 4" pvc pipe? I cannot figure out why water is coming all the back up that 40 foot 4 inch pipe all the way to my house and out the top... Could my huge deep dry well really have filled up that quickly after one rain storm? I'm basically about ready to dig it back up to see what is going on... but i thought I'd try to find answers on RUclips 1st and found you... any advice you can offer me would be amazing!!!!!
I don't understand how the drywell is empty but the sump is running every 20 minutes. Why would it collect in the foundation if the earth can hold so much water?
I have sand about 4 feet down. North east location. Looking to do one on the back of my garage so the water has some place to go and not into my neighbor’s years. What product can you recommend?
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Really wish you were in MN. We desperately need help with our sump and drainage. Great video!
I second that! We need them here in MN!
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My septic, dry well, inlet is 3 ft off my house. Just had it pumped, working perfectly...1940s built. The second vent is 5 ft further out. The tanks are at the top of a downhill slope, sandy soil. All is good. Western Wisconsin
Thank you for sharing
I wish you can some here, 2 inches lower than the street no basin from the county, so I have put it out toward the ditch. My neighbor takes the water from the other side of his home and pumps it into his home slop in my yard when he has no power or if his ejector pumps fail, I have been fighting a long battle of water and politics
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I saw one of these in a garage under a water heater in Alaska? At least it looks like this I don't know why or what it actually does.
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My neighbor's A-frame drains off the front of her house, but her side yard drains to mine. I have a square home and no gutters since it freezes hard and our silt erodes over the river rock/gravel/sand. My side yard has concrete path, water drips on that and I have 4' of space...but the neighbor's yard! I put in moisture loving plants, but had to put in plastic edging to keep back their noxious weeds and grasses-creating slight drainage issue. I plan on putting in a cute pond for retention and a shallows for evaporation. I have nowhere to put a drywell further than 10'. Would be about 4'...would that be okay???
You said if a drywell fills up and doesnt percolate for a long time that a drywell might not be best for your yard- most likely due to high clay content. Is the only answer to bring the water to the street? Thanks!
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While investigating proper yard drainage and what I need to de here... I wonder if when using a dry well as a just in case measure, did you still use the slotted French drain on the way to it??? Do you always use the slotted French drain right out from the house, or does it switch from a larger pvc to a certain distance?
Robert
I know this video is years old but I had a question regarding drywall location. Are there any issues with having a dry well installed when my property has a septic tank and also a water well. I have enough property to place a dry well at least 50 ft away but wanted your input since I would assume you've ran into this issue.
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So... what do you do if you have poor soil percolation and your dry well doesn't drain well or fast enough.
i live in Ontario Canada and we have 3.5 - 4 foot deep frost line. So i buried my 1.5 inch sump line 4 feet deep inside a 4" pvc pipe just incase i ever have to repair it, i can just pull the 1.5 inch line out instead of excavating it all up again. I did not put any sort of check valve on the end of my 1.5 inch sump line because I know they often fail over time.
i ran it 40 feet away from my house into a HUGE dry well i dug 9 feet deep by 6 feet by 6 feet. than back filled it with 5 feet of round rock completely surrounded by commercial grade fabric and then 4 feet of soil on top of the stone to grade.
my house and dry well are both on a hill and my yard drops down pretty significantly right next to where I put the dry well... so there should be lots of places for the water to seep out of my dry well... yet after only 1 rain fall my huge dry well appears to be full and water is actually traveling back up my 4 inch pipe and back out the top.
What did I do wrong?
do i need to vent of some sort or something? maybe at the discharge end out the dry well or the 4" pvc pipe? I cannot figure out why water is coming all the back up that 40 foot 4 inch pipe all the way to my house and out the top...
Could my huge deep dry well really have filled up that quickly after one rain storm?
I'm basically about ready to dig it back up to see what is going on... but i thought I'd try to find answers on RUclips 1st and found you...
any advice you can offer me would be amazing!!!!!
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Can I run my new french drain to my old septic tank ? City forced me to connect to city sewr lines so tank is asking to be used ?
@@timmylight7895 I think it's a great idea it's a giant Leach Field
Is a cistern a better idea if you only have 10 ft only to work with. This is in Hawaii and with concrete slab house.
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What's your recommendation for a paver patio drain that has yard slope towards the patio area?
Hey Eric what did you end up doing? I have this exact issue.
@@CyclingYYCa French drain between the yard slope and patio and redirect the pipe with an ideal slope away
I don't understand how the drywell is empty but the sump is running every 20 minutes. Why would it collect in the foundation if the earth can hold so much water?
Sometimes it's just that few extra feet deep that a basement happens to be that puts you in the water table
What’s the cost to get one installed?
5k
What's the cost of an install?For washers. I have sand. Lambertville mi.
We are currently booked till 2024
Well that sucks. Lol.
How would someone find out the soil percolation?
Dig a hole fill it with water and time how fast it's absorbed into the sub service soil.
Shouldn't that have some sort of cover to keep kids and animals from falling in?
We have a cover for this dry well it was removed so you could take a look inside.
I have sand about 4 feet down. North east location. Looking to do one on the back of my garage so the water has some place to go and not into my neighbor’s years. What product can you recommend?
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