Brings back memories Danny. Because I did my carpentry and joinery apprenticeship in the country, back in 1967, we dug our septic tanks by hand, pick, shovel, crowbar and hole size was 6ft long by 6ft deep, by 3ft wide and we installed a bolted steel boxing, with round corners, and 6" from the walls, and had a concrete mixer, by hand, used a wheelbarrow to pour the concrete, until the boxing was full. It was left for a couple of days, then the boxing was unbolted and removed, then the floor was poured in. We had a small inspection box, and the aggeline, placed in 3 trenches, made from earthenware clay pipes, laid on sand, and every 3 ft the fall had to be 1/2" down the trench. Each pipe had a 1/2" space and a sheet of tar paper to cover gap. The council health inspector would come to check and only then the trench would be filled by hand and shovel. Good old days Danny. Us builders back then, did everything. We even made the concrete lids for the septic tank.
Thank you sir. Great work. Simple straight forward explanation. I'm building our cabin now. Be putting your information to practice in a bit. I dig DIY...
@cloe bubbles I'm in Fl. I know that drill. Even though we were in the city my dad rigged a water catch system that he hooked up while waiting for a hurricane that filled the tub thru the bathroom window and after it was safe and we did not need it we used it to flush with .I now use my used spa water to flush with after all I already paid for it . It's 90 gal so I just fill-up a bunch of 5gal buckets with lids I get for free.
Great job you guys. I recommend that you temporally put a piece of 3/4 plywood between the tank and the wall until you actually get to put your interior wall in to take up that space. Wouldn't want to accidentally lean back too far and break the seal at the bottom of the tank. Awesome, awesome job you guys! Just stellar.
Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. I have an untiled floor in an unfinished master bedroom that is plumbed for flushing. I didn't think of using plywood inserts as temporary placeholders until tile install. Good stuff. Thanks.
Wow! New subscriber here..born on the 24th of July also! Been through hell and back, cancer etc. Myself and my SO are buying 46 acres in da UP of Michigan..born and raised here...you are an inspiration, love your channel..God bless👍👍🙂💕
I’m trying to do something similar for a mobile home and it’s helped a ton in how I need to plan things! Some bits I’m lost on, plus don’t have any equipment. I’m from Mississippi as well.
Great video!!! Great idea on the elongated high boy ADA toilet. It really does make a difference. While you have the studs exposed you should put in a 2x10 wood blocking between the studs on the left wall (while seated) for a 36" grab bar. Even if you don't install one now the sturdy blocking will be in the walls for when you do. I admire your skills and abilities. Place is really looking good!!!!
I think you may have sandy soil can get good drainage, I believe some people in clay environment using gravels then covering by send! How was your experience in past 4 years ?
Very nice and informative video. Easy and enjoyable to watch. Thank you..(new subscriber now) thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.. Man the internet is literally a world of knowledge and with a cell phone..we honestly have access to the answers of our questions right in our back pocket.. There is absolutely no reason any one can't find the information they need to successfully take on just about any project.. So cool...we didn't have one of them there internet machines when I was growing up..what a hoot.
Used to be very common to mount the toilet to a marble base similar in size to your mock-up drywall. I had to order one but am very happy with the result, allows you to butt the tile against it, also distributes the weight of the "sitter".
We are older, but I discovered the comfort of the Handicap toilets at public restrooms. I had them installed in our 2 Bathrooms. The Standard size toilets always felt like you are sitting in a hole. The Handicap height is closer to a chair height. I feel they should be the "Standard" size.
I'm sure some one already brought this up but you can fill the back of your toilet with the bucket of water and flush it like a normal toilet too. Just have to refill it after every flush.
Thanks. Very nice video. Are you planing to gravity feed rainwater to the toilet? I did so and had to buy a special low pressure float so the water would shut off.
Great work although I do have an issue with the distribution area into the drain field. Its ideal to have the water spread evenly across the field with all water collected into a distribution box then fanned over the field. But this is only one toilet and is probably perfect 😉
Now that is shallow leach field. What's to keep someone from driving on and crushing it. You will know were it is but what will happen when company comes and just pulls up by accident
Code says they can't be any deeper than 3 feet deep and ours is 3 feet deep. Plus we have cross ties around it with grass planted. No drive area. And there shouldn't be any "Company" driving back there. LOL
@@DeepSouthHomestead had no idea that code would be that shallowat home it's 6 ft so you can see my confusion. Isn't it odd from area to area the difference. Have a blessed day
I like the idea of off-grid living, but I think my first priority in choosing a site would be to find one that has an active spring that could be used for hydroelectric power and also a running water system going into the cabin using a pump powered by the electricity produced by the electric generator.
i have a question so why other people use pieces of concrete for the leach field and whats better ?? also why leach filed doesn't have slope??? other people do place slope. thank you
Are you thinking about putting rain gutter around the house piped to a ibc tank to run water to the toilet. The tanks hold about 225 gallons. One good rain will fill the tank. Thats a lot of flushes for two people. The plastic gutter from home depo has a leaf and dirt filter that snaps on top to keep out debris.
I'll chime in with only half the info... If they are in the deep south, that is insulation enough. Also, with a 4 inch straight down, what is going to freeze? Water isn't going to collect, it runs down into the tank. Hope this helps
Maybe a stupid question but I'm just learning about septic systems and leach fields..is the pipe in the leach field perforated so the water escapes into the ground or how does it work?
Another very enjoyable, relaxing and informative video. I'm trying to figure out why my system, installed by a "Licenced Contractor" failed after 2 years. I think I have it figured out. Learned a lot from your previous video. Your drain field soil looked clayish, was it? If so, how much of that clean sand did you put below the runs to ensure the effluent had enough space to soak into the ground?
It wasn't clay it was sand and gravel. I put 6 inches of clean sand beneath the pipe. And then filled in around the pipe and 4 inches above the pipe with clean sand.
You two are Amazing!! I can hear it now, Wanda, we need a toilet, Danny replys... 0kay I know how to do that too. Is there anything you both cant do? The I can do it and get her done kinda folk.
A 5-gallon bucket comes in handy when you need to do a "hard" flush for helping to clear clogs in the main line. Remember, if you begin hearing gurgling within your sinks or bathtubs, especially after you flush, you could have a clog developing. First thing you'll want to do is to open any and all clean-outs so you do not have sewage backing up into your home. Once your cleanouts are open, proceed to verify and clear the clog. I have a cleanout on the brick wall of my home. I simply insert a garden hose with a heavy-duty brass high-pressure nozzle to help push any clog towards the septic tank. I push the garden hose into the cleanout as far as possible before turning it on. I then let it run for a few minutes, followed by a couple of hard flushes with a 5-gallon bucket in the bathroom(s) where the sink/tub is gurgling. Repeat until you no longer hear the gurgling. Check out my septic videos on my channel.
If every other homesteading RUclips created quit but y’all, I’d be ok with it haha. Seriously my favorite channel for learning all types of building and homesteading. How is Mississippi as far as permits and regulations?
I'm planning to move to Mississippi. I have a piece of land and I want to move my double wide home. In witch State are you living. And do you need to have a license to do that type of work. I'm a handyman. I do some plumbing but I have no license as plumber
Curious about the future effects to the fruit trees planted right by your leach field? I know y'all won't have a lot going there but for a family with both black n gray water could the trees pull in bad bacteria?
Finally, a channel showing actual work details instead of a Host/Hostess explaining narrative style what “happened” during the build.
Brings back memories Danny.
Because I did my carpentry and joinery apprenticeship in the country, back in 1967, we dug our septic tanks by hand, pick, shovel, crowbar and hole size was 6ft long by 6ft deep, by 3ft wide and we installed a bolted steel boxing, with round corners, and 6" from the walls, and had a concrete mixer, by hand, used a wheelbarrow to pour the concrete, until the boxing was full.
It was left for a couple of days, then the boxing was unbolted and removed, then the floor was poured in.
We had a small inspection box, and the aggeline, placed in 3 trenches, made from earthenware clay pipes, laid on sand, and every 3 ft the fall had to be 1/2" down the trench.
Each pipe had a 1/2" space and a sheet of tar paper to cover gap.
The council health inspector would come to check and only then the trench would be filled by hand and shovel.
Good old days Danny.
Us builders back then, did everything.
We even made the concrete lids for the septic tank.
I love these people, I once lived among st them,, they do what they can, with what they have,, theirs is not to wonder why,
Thank you sir. Great work. Simple straight forward explanation.
I'm building our cabin now. Be putting your information to practice in a bit. I dig DIY...
It amazes me how many people do not know you can flush the toilet by pouring water in the bowl great job y’all
Gravity is a new thing... 😄
@cloe bubbles I'm in Fl. I know that drill. Even though we were in the city my dad rigged a water catch system that he hooked up while waiting for a hurricane that filled the tub thru the bathroom window and after it was safe and we did not need it we used it to flush with .I now use my used spa water to flush with after all I already paid for it . It's 90 gal so I just fill-up a bunch of 5gal buckets with lids I get for free.
Comes in handy when waterlines freeze and you need to flush. Just saying. 😂. Might have to do it a time or two.
@@hollyridgehomestead melt snow. Did that when was a kid power off for two weeks
Great educational video. 👍🏼
Wow thank you you are doing a job of explaining things about septic tanks and how much the drains need to fall and all that that is hard to find
I've done a lot of plumbing over the years with bathroom installs but never a septic system , very interesting , nice job, thanks .
Ya'll are great teachers ! Real world subjects..God Bless you and keep you well...the world needs you....
Your the man mate thank you. Im going to do this for our off grid homestead 💯👍👍
This has been a great series. Thanks Danny and Wanda. God bless...
Oh my goodness, I thought when you dropped the septic tank into the hole that was the end of it, Danny... little do I know. Great job! 👍💕
Wow, man this video series was so awesome. Thanks for documenting this!
Very educational, I can use it to teach some people in another country how to install an effective septic tank at a very reasonable price.
What a guy. Youre an awesome resource. Thanks for all the work you put into your content for people you dont know. Good job
Thanks for doing this. I'm putting one in for my mom's little cabin in the back of the house. This was a big help.
Great job Danny. The Candy Corn Cabin is coming right along. God Bless You and Wanda.
Nice job Danny(and Wanda)! Good video!
Great job you guys.
I recommend that you temporally put a piece of 3/4 plywood between the tank and the wall until you actually get to put your interior wall in to take up that space.
Wouldn't want to accidentally lean back too far and break the seal at the bottom of the tank.
Awesome, awesome job you guys! Just stellar.
Good morning another educational video, my builder is getting ready to start on mine this week
Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. I have an untiled floor in an unfinished master bedroom that is plumbed for flushing. I didn't think of using plywood inserts as temporary placeholders until tile install. Good stuff. Thanks.
Wow! New subscriber here..born on the 24th of July also! Been through hell and back, cancer etc. Myself and my SO are buying 46 acres in da UP of Michigan..born and raised here...you are an inspiration, love your channel..God bless👍👍🙂💕
Another excellent video.
Great video...support REAL people doing functional, practical projects.
Thanks for sharing. I actually enjoyed watching this series. It was therapeutic even though I don't expect that would ever install a septic system.
I’m trying to do something similar for a mobile home and it’s helped a ton in how I need to plan things!
Some bits I’m lost on, plus don’t have any equipment.
I’m from Mississippi as well.
We did the same thing for the handicapped toilet in and make sure we put some handrails up to they're very nice have a blessed day
When we put up the walls they will go in.
Great video!!! Great idea on the elongated high boy ADA toilet. It really does make a difference. While you have the studs exposed you should put in a 2x10 wood blocking between the studs on the left wall (while seated) for a 36" grab bar. Even if you don't install one now the sturdy blocking will be in the walls for when you do. I admire your skills and abilities. Place is really looking good!!!!
😮Make doo!!! Love it😂😂😂😂
You two can do it all!! Love it,take it on like a pro,much love.
Would you be able to do a price breakdown on how much it costed to run just the septic system?
I wonder if you can use a heat gun in that wax ring
You got some skills there...good job!
I think you may have sandy soil can get good drainage, I believe some people in clay environment using gravels then covering by send!
How was your experience in past 4 years ?
Very nice and informative video. Easy and enjoyable to watch.
Thank you..(new subscriber now) thank you for sharing your knowledge with us..
Man the internet is literally a world of knowledge and with a cell phone..we honestly have access to the answers of our questions right in our back pocket..
There is absolutely no reason any one can't find the information they need to successfully take on just about any project..
So cool...we didn't have one of them there internet machines when I was growing up..what a hoot.
I truly appreciated the video, sir.
Wow..great free source of river-stream sand ..right on your property...nice!
Great work.
I love the words “MAKE DO”. I wonder how they started.
I love to have five gallons bucket 👍👍👍❤❤❤👍
So on the inlet baffle can I put the T On the outside and extend the baffle pipe past the oils and fats section of the tank?
We have to put our field lines in trenches, that is interesting I have never seen it done this way.
Nice job. Hey Danny you still getting good service with the kabota
Used to be very common to mount the toilet to a marble base similar in size to your mock-up drywall. I had to order one but am very happy with the result, allows you to butt the tile against it, also distributes the weight of the "sitter".
Getting ready to build a small cabin up in northern Michigan. You guys are incredible. Thank you for your video tutorial!
@@jsteeps5966 did u build it ?
Where can i get that type of plastic tank you have at? Im doing one for my tiny house with one bathroom and one small kitchen sink. Thanks
Thank You for explaing that to me.
Great job! Wow, what a learning experience!! Thank you, Danny. & Wanda.
We are older, but I discovered the comfort of the Handicap toilets at public restrooms. I had them installed in our 2 Bathrooms. The Standard size toilets always felt like you are sitting in a hole. The Handicap height is closer to a chair height. I feel they should be the "Standard" size.
handicap toilets are really comfy. 6 ft 4 inch 75 year old guy.
What size barrel did you use for your system? Where did you purchase it from?
That was pretty awesome lol
Than you soo much for showing us all this.
Just found you guys will catch up great video. 🤠👍🔨
Welcome aboard!
Having only the toilet going to the septic and keeping the gray water out of it is the best thing you can do, it should work just fine.
I'm sure some one already brought this up but you can fill the back of your toilet with the bucket of water and flush it like a normal toilet too. Just have to refill it after every flush.
Thanks. Very nice video. Are you planing to gravity feed rainwater to the toilet? I did so and had to buy a special low pressure float so the water would shut off.
Yes eventually.
Great work although I do have an issue with the distribution area into the drain field. Its ideal to have the water spread evenly across the field with all water collected into a distribution box then fanned over the field. But this is only one toilet and is probably perfect 😉
Can you explain more of what you mean?
Now that is shallow leach field. What's to keep someone from driving on and crushing it. You will know were it is but what will happen when company comes and just pulls up by accident
Code says they can't be any deeper than 3 feet deep and ours is 3 feet deep. Plus we have cross ties around it with grass planted. No drive area. And there shouldn't be any "Company" driving back there. LOL
@@DeepSouthHomestead had no idea that code would be that shallowat home it's 6 ft so you can see my confusion. Isn't it odd from area to area the difference. Have a blessed day
@@garybivens3236 our ground doesn't freeze here so we can do things shallower. Our water lines are only buried around 12 inches.
I like the idea of off-grid living, but I think my first priority in choosing a site would be to find one that has an active spring that could be used for hydroelectric power and also a running water system going into the cabin using a pump powered by the electricity produced by the electric generator.
That is the ideal situation.
@@DeepSouthHomestead - Exactly...one of the main reasons I'm not doing it. Did I mention "theoretically"? Hmmm...should have.
i have a question so why other people use pieces of concrete for the leach field and whats better ??
also why leach filed doesn't have slope??? other people do place slope. thank you
@the end - you can fill-up the back toilet tank/reservoir ahead of time, then just flush with the handle.
Does the sock pipe have holes in it ??????
Are you thinking about putting rain gutter around the house piped to a ibc tank to run water to the toilet.
The tanks hold about 225 gallons.
One good rain will fill the tank.
Thats a lot of flushes for two people. The plastic gutter from home depo has a leaf and dirt filter that snaps on top to keep out debris.
We have a gutter system on the cabin to fill the tote and eventually flush the toilet.
Nice video well explained
MERICA!!!! Luv it...
How do you insulate pipes effectively between floor and ground so can be used in winter and not freeze and crack?
I'll chime in with only half the info... If they are in the deep south, that is insulation enough. Also, with a 4 inch straight down, what is going to freeze? Water isn't going to collect, it runs down into the tank. Hope this helps
I ordered the walking onions, can I plant them in Va now or should I wait?
They can be planted as long as the ground isnt frozen.
I did and they are doing fine!
very nice
Great video series.
Thank you
Maybe a stupid question but I'm just learning about septic systems and leach fields..is the pipe in the leach field perforated so the water escapes into the ground or how does it work?
Very informative..you guys work well together...now, to get down to business...how much for Wanda?
Not sure you could pay that price, my friend
Another very enjoyable, relaxing and informative video. I'm trying to figure out why my system, installed by a "Licenced Contractor" failed after 2 years. I think I have it figured out. Learned a lot from your previous video. Your drain field soil looked clayish, was it? If so, how much of that clean sand did you put below the runs to ensure the effluent had enough space to soak into the ground?
It wasn't clay it was sand and gravel. I put 6 inches of clean sand beneath the pipe. And then filled in around the pipe and 4 inches above the pipe with clean sand.
GREAT JOB!!!! WOW
so if water doesn't pass trough- can you use plastic cover sheet instead the frosty protection fabric??
Your leach field needs to breathe. I would not use plastic.
Hey. U better cover that guys eyes for Wanda on the wall behind toilet lol
Hopefully, this summer we will have the walls up.
Nicely done, the only thing I might change is your trees are too close to the drain field.
You two are Amazing!!
I can hear it now, Wanda, we need a toilet, Danny replys...
0kay I know how to do that too. Is there anything you both cant do?
The I can do it and get her done kinda folk.
Nice job!
Did you have to get a permit?
Blessings
Good evening yall. What is the size of the leach field
I always wondered what a leach field looked like. Does the tape degrade over time? I do know about bucket flushing.
Once it's covered up the dirt will hold everything in place even if the tape deteriorated.
Sue D this is not the standard field line. This is homemade and not typical at all. Look up pipe and gravel or infiltrator
Supper big newbie. How does the system know its gray vs black water?
A 5-gallon bucket comes in handy when you need to do a "hard" flush for helping to clear clogs in the main line. Remember, if you begin hearing gurgling within your sinks or bathtubs, especially after you flush, you could have a clog developing. First thing you'll want to do is to open any and all clean-outs so you do not have sewage backing up into your home. Once your cleanouts are open, proceed to verify and clear the clog. I have a cleanout on the brick wall of my home. I simply insert a garden hose with a heavy-duty brass high-pressure nozzle to help push any clog towards the septic tank. I push the garden hose into the cleanout as far as possible before turning it on. I then let it run for a few minutes, followed by a couple of hard flushes with a 5-gallon bucket in the bathroom(s) where the sink/tub is gurgling. Repeat until you no longer hear the gurgling. Check out my septic videos on my channel.
Nice video my question is cost of complete system.
Tank and field line plus PVC pipe around 700 dollars.
If every other homesteading RUclips created quit but y’all, I’d be ok with it haha. Seriously my favorite channel for learning all types of building and homesteading. How is Mississippi as far as permits and regulations?
It is getting worse all the time.
Aren't you supposed to use gravel under and around?
Hello Danny, you use your pocketknife a lot. Do you have recommendations? Do you carry a small sharpener with you? My dad used his for everything.
I use a Case xx 75 I don't carry a sharpening stone.
Once you get everything like you want it will you run water to the commode.
Yes from the rain catchment system.
@@DeepSouthHomestead that's awesome. If y'all are like Birmingham there should be enough water to last all year
The little plastic washers are meant to hold the caps on.
We left them off till we put the flooring down.
How about that? Good work!
Why use sand and not gravel?
So you've got that leech field right next to your garden?
It won't hurt anything.
i never knew a toilet was so elaborate
Perk test first,some soil doesn't absorb water
We have very sandy soil. It absorbs fast
Whats the purpose of the fabric?
Wow. Scarry stuff. Looks very hard to make it all level.
Now all you need is roof gutters and a rain water tank.🙂
Working on those. Gutter is in place and rain catchment tank is in the yard. Just gotta find a few minutes to put it all together.
@@DeepSouthHomestead😁👍
Good job have to you 10 on this one
I'm planning to move to Mississippi. I have a piece of land and I want to move my double wide home. In witch State are you living. And do you need to have a license to do that type of work. I'm a handyman. I do some plumbing but I have no license as plumber
Awesome
Curious about the future effects to the fruit trees planted right by your leach field? I know y'all won't have a lot going there but for a family with both black n gray water could the trees pull in bad bacteria?
No many fruit orchards are fertilized with human manure.