ICF Mountain Homestead: Installing the Septic System
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- We have a lot of earth moving equipment on the property so we're going to take advantage of that and get the septic system installed and check one more big project off the list. We installed a 1000 gallon concrete septic tank and three 75' drain lines, then sleeved the sewer line in a 6" piece of corrugated culvert pipe since the driveway will run over the line.
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Everything is shaping up for your family! Another check on the to do list!
It's nice to learn about how you're developing the land after you bought it. We're going to start sending our customers to this video so they can learn more about what it takes to develop their own land.
The grass is always greener over the septic tank
- Erma Bombeck
Every day in every way, closer and closer to moving into your mountain home! Really exciting times! 👍👊💪😃
Make scaled drawings of all underground lines and septic lines. Don't depend on your memory 10 - 15 years down the road to locate these lines. I did this for all the people I built houses for and gave them this in a package with all their warranty books and contact info of the suppliers for everything that went into the construction of their home. A real go to folder when you have a question or problem. Just a thought for you, doing a good job! It's like a mouse eating an elephant, "don't let the size of the job concern you, take it on one bite at a time".
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They did stuff like rebar handles and such so that they could use a metal detector
Ah I get it searching is way more fun than knowing already where everything is... makes sense
One more goal acchieved, Jeremy!
Great!
You may want easy access to your filter and septic tank - it is easy to maintain yourself if you have access to the tank. If the entire thing is buried, you have no way to rinse the filter every few months, which is simple routine maintenance to avoid problems in the future.
Over the years, keep an eye on (and eliminate) any trees that may sprout up within 30 or so feet of any of your field lines. This will save you a lot of grief. Those roots can travel a long way. Speaking from experience.
Correct. Our last house had an issue with roots.
AMEN TO THAT! I have an older house (1950's era) with a connection to city sewer, the pipe from the house to the street is fired clay and a couple of trees have invaded the line. About every 2 - 3 years I have to go rent a powered drain auger from Home Depot to clean it out again!
Hey Jeremy just an idea which makes it really easy we have a septic tank and putting a riser on each lid makes it so much easier you won’t ever have to dig a hole to access the lids or anything just an idea and they’re not very expensive at least here in Montana they’re not
It's amazing how that equipment bulldozes a tree like it's a stick.
Your new family home will be ready to move into very soon. A new chapter will start for your family and homestead. Love watching all your family videoes since before you moved here.
You guys are amazing. I just have to say that your videos are really invaluable. Thanks so much.
all i can say to you both is thank you for starting this journey! why? because watching you all and how you are making your dreams come true has spured me on to buy 5.87a in a place called 'Borgmann's Hollow' just 30 or so mins drive from where my birth father lives in missouri, now i am one step closer to my dream of having somewhere close to my dad to call home :) and all thanks to you guys :D thank you, much love from the uk xxx
One step closer to moving in!
Nice to have the slope. Gravity is a wonderful thing.
I have learned SO much watching your build. Thank you & may God bless you as you move forward.
Thanks for the video, Jeremy! That is another big project completed, as you said. Congratulations on your progress!
Great video. You have enough of, what we call, lateral lines that you should never have any problem with your septic tank especially because they run downhill. We put in a similar system, and in 14 years never had to have the tank pumped even once. I would have liked to see the corrugated culvert pipe as we will need that on our property.
There is a shot of it laying there when he is changing buckets on the backhoe
Guildbrook Farm - Simple Sustainable Living Thanks, I'll go back and look for it.
You should keep your tank pumped on a 3 or 4 year cycle. Your only killing the life of your leachfield by not pumping your tank. 35 yrs large septic installing business
Happy Independence Day....from Ndola Zambia 🇿🇲
Hey Cool! Never seen septic installed! Thanks for sharing! Now I Know! Lol!😊❤🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Happy 4th Guys!
Wow, no filtering system required in your area. This is much simpler than our septic system. I'm glad things are going forward. You're almost there👍
The soil is sandy enough in the drain field to be a natural filter
That's awesome! Less parts less hustles👍
IT took a CAT 320 Excavator a full day with a 6" hammer to dig the hole for our septic tank. Thankfully he didn't run into that much solid rock digging the basement. There it was all slate and he just used a Ripper tooth.
Congratulations on finishing this step. Very cool love watching your family progress.
Gosh, y'all are nearing all parts of the checklist that is the hidden work behind making this home become a reality! I mean so close! I sure hope y'all are as excited as I am. Christmas WILL happen in this home this year!
By leaps and bounds the property reveals itself 👍🗽🇺🇸
It’s been so cool watching you from start to finish. Hoping you guys keep the videos coming after the build.
Digging those lids out will be fun one day should pump it out every three years
Should never need pumping out if you maintain them properly
@@gavinhall3669 bullshit. , should be done every 3 or 4 yrs. Always get the. Dont know why i got problems ive never had to pump it. , lmao. Ive installed more septic systems then most people could think of. Keep em pumped folks.
Put a metal cap over the marker pipe then you can a magnet or metal detector to fine.
Everette Brown they said in a comment under someone else that they have rebar handles so that they can use the metal detector
I recommend you stand over the clean out hole and find two reference points about 90 degrees apart to always know where to dig if need be. I used an electrical outlet and the edge of the driveway concrete.
Measure off the corners of the house and note the intersecting measurement , your welcome
I mentioned in the previous video comments, but I'm not sure if you go back that far to look at comments :) Unless you have other plans for them, you could use the logs from the trees that were removed as temporary retaining walls on the slope, by the time they rot away, the grass should be well established.
We are already doing that. The felled trees are laying on the hill and acting as a berm.
Wow sure is nice to have the septic system tank is in. Yay y'all are getting there.
Great job installing
Just subbed to your channel....
It is looking better and better as time progress'.
Thought beside the septic tank was where you pour the concrete base for the monopole wind tower. You have lots of up draft/thermal wind there and it would do much more than your solar. Yes I know you have hydro but a hybrid system might just cancel out that bill. check out Skystream on a 60 foot monopole tower.
Great video thanks again
I took a picture from two directions from septic to the house printed them out so I have a visual of where to find it.
Building a great property ... all the best!
BLESSINGS
Way cool thanks for sharing God bless y’all
Keep the good stuff coming thanks
Looking AMAZING!!! Hi from NZ ... stay safe!
Keep the trees at least 100 feet from the septic tank and leech field otherwise the tree roots will destroy them in less than 15 years. I didn’t and had to replace them both in 15 years.
100 ' holy shit. State code is 10 feet. Lmao.
Gorgeous sun set ...
Each step brings you closer😁
Hope you had a great 4th 🎆🎆🎆
That is some hard dirt!!!!!!
Love and Hugs from Sapulpa Oklahoma
Awesome and stay safe, God bless
Most important thing to know about plumbing...poop flows downhill...
Looks like that drain went upwards close to the end , or was my eyes playing tricks on me???
with all the heavy equipment working on site the ground is well packed, sounded like hitting rock.
Hope you had a good holiday
Jamie & Jeremy, looking beautiful, God Bless you and your wonderful family, friends from Hawaii 🎇🌺😎👵🏼🌴🌸🙏🎉🎊✨💫🗽
Rock hard red clay. I have the same in Northern Minnesota
Triangulate from the house the exact location of the clean out hatches, will save time digging in the future.
The cleanouts have handles made from rebar. We have a metal detector. 😉
What was total cost on that installation? If you dont mind sharing
You probably don't need to do this because of all your videos but we always make a property map, that's what I call it. It's a 36'' x 36'' piece of cardboard with everything drawn out, house, out buildings, all underground lines, sewer, electric, water, etc. with the exact measurements to each.
Happy 4th and thumbs up !
Yep that and I bury tracer wire in every trench so we can find it with the metal detector. 👍🏻
@@Guildbrookfarm Did you consider composting toilets? That's what I wanted, but couldn't get my husband on board.
No because we’re building a more “regular” home. Septic systems aren’t that expensive and you don’t have to deal with all the $h1t. Lol
afringedweller That when you install one of each
Aerobic is what we use here in south Texas now and I’m very happy not to worry about plugged leach lines if the tank developed a problem it’s accessibility is no problem and the water sprinklers are no big problems
Enjoyed watching your video good luck
Tell that young fellow they have this miracle stuff called PVC cleaner that was made the same time they made glue. Without the cleaner, the glue will not hold. He may have used it on the sewer line but he didn' t use it on that marker pipe.
how can a marker pipe leak?
_Got some work done, and that's no shit! ; )_
My goodness, I don't know how you can put up with all the "you did that wrong, you should do this" in the comments 🙄 it drives me nuts and it's nothing to do with me
Haha yep. 😉
Had you already done percolation testing? I’m not sure how universal the septic design process is from state-to-state / region-to-region. Septic systems are fascinating when you think about it. Sure beats pooping in the ground! 🤣
Yes perc test was done as condition of buying the property.
I’m in Australia and we havesome really stupid rule regarding rain water tanks which are very commen in rural areas nearly all homes depend on rain water collected off your roof and channeled into the tank by gutters and pvc pipe but a lot of shires make you use a plumber to hook up your gutters to your rain water tank it’s not rocket science but for some reason it is assumed you are too stupid to do it on your own it pretty hard to get wrong you just have to rem er to keep a fall in your guts so gravity will let the water run down to the tank if you get it wrong all that happens is. You don’t get all the water that falls on your roof into your tank which is annoying but not tragic no one dies and it won’t cause the house to fall down
It’s called a leach field.
In some parts
Could it improve the function of the Leach Field if you backfilled the Leach Field with sand???
With all the trees you cut down to clear the Build Area, could you have run all the slash from the Brush & Trees through a wood chipper to amend that clay soil...
I would put a round metal plate on top of that pipe coming up that way you can find it using the device used to find coins in order to find the pipe in the future.
That’s actually pretty smart! I’ll have to remember that when I get mine done if I’m allowed to bury mine completely.
The plumber uses cleaner. ( I thought you would get a kick out of that)
Yay..stink tank is done ;D ...he-he-he-he...
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Thanks, lets get shit moving.!!
I need another cup of coffee.....I could have sworn I saw "Putin in the pooper".
“Putin in the pooper” is the modern version of “Prince Albert in the can”.
I don't think the grass will grow green on your drain field. new type?
Man holes and risers on your box ????
Kinda wonder why that wire was up there in the first place ... It's getting there ... Are you going to keep the outhouse ???
It was part of the old solar. And no not keeping the outhouse.
How long did it take you to acquire your septic permit? We have been waiting for 5 months where we live. It's ridiculous.
Same day. 5 months is ridiculous.
Has this build sent you grey bro?!
Close
probably more the comments section than the build... lol J&J are all over the build!
I know you like working alone - but it would be nice to see your boys helping you more and you teaching them more. They like to be needed! :)
Wrong channel. I don’t have any boys.
@@Guildbrookfarm - sorry You Tube censors goat it wrong! Was watching another video ????? Weird!
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What a crappy milestone LOL
Sorry if this sounds dum ,but does all your water (gray/black) go through the septic system or just the black ?
By law it all has to unless you build a separate gray water system.
Ok, thanks for answering, I'm in an older house in England and mine is three separate drains,
Y’all do realize they’ve already thought about how to be able to find all the lines years down the road.
Yes. That’s why we put in the tracer wire.
Guildbrook Farm - Simple Sustainable Living idk why so many people act like y’all haven’t thoroughly researched everything prior to making decisions related to this build. Y’all have well researched everything else I’ve seen in videos so far.
@@KC-zn1mg keyboard warriors always know best ;-)
Great Video. How many bedrooms is your septic system rated for? We are building a home in a year or so in the NC mountains.
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Shiter's full!
In our part of the world (out west) we call this a septic tank and leach field, just sayin'
Hard Red Clay ?
Hi
U gotta be in Arkansas
Tail lines? Is that the same as a leech field?
Yes
Guildbrook Farm - Simple Sustainable Living thank you. Didn’t know if things are much different across the country.
Just curious but why would you put your septic tank out in front of your house? Was there not a better location instead to where you could have placed it?
Some folks like it in the front because of the set backs. Septic in the back can limit you from getting things like a pool or hard scapes and structures. Not sure if this was his case or not. I wish mine was in the front so I could utilize more of my back yard.
Just when I thought all the Remaining Trees were Safe. Oh well it had to be done.
You don't need straw matting except in a steep slope
Which we have
Where is that house?
first ... yay, have a great 4th
I don't see Vladmir anywhere in this video...
i didn't think new septics came without a clean out pipe for the honey wagon anymore .
james lewis there has to be a way to clean them out.
There are two concrete lids to access tank for pumping.
He’s got lids but buried under three feet of dirt n grass won’t be a pleasure to dig them out later lol they make extensions to get the lids closer to the surface
@@lahondafolk4334 yes but that requires you to dig lol and i have done a few. the new type has a pipe with a lid the truck can get it cleaned out without any digging.
Most states. Its code to bring both tank covers out of the ground to grade. If your state isn't. it will be soon.
Music at first was a bit too much
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Nice work , hook it up yourself to the tank from your home simple. Just saying
Do you not understand how some Countys/Shires etc required things such as sewage and electrical to be finshed off etc by licenced contractors? And Jamie no doubt would have done that like he mentioned in the video, had he not require local inspector to certify it...
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Love you guys but music is turning us off as we look forward to relaxing while watching your progress. The lighter stuff is better thanks. We want to keep watching you :)
Or maybe you can accept Jamie & Jeremy to do/say/play whatever they want on Their channel. Here's an idea... turn on "cc", click on mute and play your own music. It's a win win!
Mute button princess
I love the music. Wish y'all'd credit the composer/performer.
I don't think this should be called homestead anymore it's more or less a high end suburb home moved to the mountains with all the goodies and mortgage and all the over socialize rules good for you guys enjoy it I do mean that but for me it's not the back to basics I expect when you cll it " homestead " take care be safe
You do you. We’re done living in a tin can. This is becoming a modern homestead. Not little house on the prairie.
Guildbrook Farm - Simple Sustainable Living Amen to you ! Just because you want to be as self sustainable as possible doesn't mean you cannot have comforts. Love you two. America needs more like you.
Like your videos . But very hard to hear.
'Simple' sustainable living - sorry mate, I'm out. This is anything but 'simple'...
Because we aren’t using a bucket? Lol ok.
Guildbrook Farm - Simple Sustainable Living < Doug and Stacy use about 25 buckets a year. With your family I suspect you would need 50 plus. 😂
@@Guildbrookfarm I wouldn't worry about the nay sayers and whiners.... you aren't Doug & Stacy and you have every right to make your home to your liking. Use electricity if you want, plumbing the way you want, etc. You aren't claiming to be offgrid and they are many ways to be sustainable. You've demonstrated this in the past.
Why even dig a hole if you want "simple" Brian? FFS
Whats wrong with electric. Best bang for the buck in the world.