Bought our house two years ago. This is our first experience with a septic system. The cast iron pipe that went from the house to the tank was completely blocked. Plumber said we were just minutes away from total back up. The plumber gave us a price of $5400 to dig up and replace the cast iron with pvc. Called a clean out service and not only did they pump the tank they replaced the pipe, but they also added a riser to never have to dig up to locate the tank and all they charged me was $1150. Thank you Mark Adkins in Somerset Kentucky!
This is a really good example of why you never just go with the first quote you get. Most places do quotes for free, and it's always worth getting a second, third, or even fifth opinion on any contracting work you need done.
Service plumbers are the biggest crooks of any trade, I know, I've been one for 30 years. I don't do any service work because I don't want to be lumped in with that bunch. Always get multiple quotes.
I'd read in a government publication here in Canada that a majority of property owners have not maintained their Septic Systems. This poses a big problem for many of the city dwellers cashing out and moving to the rural areas where they have no idea what they're facing with unmaintained septics. Suddenly many are face with horrendous added costs as you alluded to. Very informative video thanks.
You know you can have a septic company come out and do an inspection at the cost of the homeowners if youre going to buy the property. You just have to tell your agent that you want it added to the list of things youd want fixed on your contract and even add a stipulation that says if refused the septic inspection cost then the previous owner will be held responsible for any repair costs if the septic inspector of your choice deems in need of immediate repair and you foot the cost of the inspection.. you gotta do stuff like that because even the nicest of people will bandaid up some crap and sell the stuff to you then after a year or two the concrete patch falls off revealing a big part of missing foundation or something that ends up costing 20 grand to fix.. that was my experience.., even had 3 inspectors on the place and come 2 years after i moved in the walls developed cracks and ceilings and floors, a window shattered on its own then a 3 foot square chunk of plaster and concrete falls off the block wall inside and was even made to look like itcwas blocks. But revealed the wall had fallen in about 3 feet and pushed the rest of the block in so they just reset the block where it was and patched itvup.. the wall wasent supporting anything and the foundation was gone with the house side hanging in the air over a hole in the ground.. was nice to have to deal with being broke and alone..,.
@@Z-Ack The buyer usually foots the bill for the septic inspection, especially in a hot market. You add septic inspection to the list of subjects on the contract. If it fails inspection, that is when you can discuss repairs and costs and if the seller isn't willing to fix the problem you can back out. The condition of the septic tank is disclosed by the buyer in the property disclosure statement, you can't make the seller fix the septic tank if you have an accepted offer and you do not have any subjects.
Just a thought. You could plant the flowers around the lids and set some ceramic flower pots on top of the lids. It would fit in nicely with the flowers and would prevent you having to tear up your flower bed. Also, those lids could do with some handles.
There's a story about a chinese woman who had her child fall into a septic tank, she dove in to rescue, but she fell unconscious from the fumes and died along with the child.
Our daughter and her husband and kids have a farm in Decatur County Tennessee. Their house was built just a few years ago and they started having problems with their septic tank. When everything was said and done, they found a 2 liter coke bottle stuck in the inlet of the primary tank... it was left there by one of the workers when the house was being built.
Had to haul bricks in 5 gallon buckets all day when my moms ex who was a contractor finished a house it was like 3 pallets of bricks and 10 bricks in each 5 bucket and 2 buckets he said the same thing XD
I have always put a riser pipe or riser pipes and decorative concrete stone cover or covers level with the landscape , grass or lawn over the riser pipe or riser pipes which are safe and smooth to ride your mower over when cutting the grass , or if hidden in a small landscape garden . Which is larger than the septic tank opening cover too heavy for little to young kids but fairly easy for any adult male or female or older teenager with a quick shovel or long bar to loosen it in just a minute . Then by hand you can open it fairly easy and is safe to ride your mower over it when it's in place over the riser pipe or riser pipes in the grass or lawn . That way you don't have to dig up your septic tank to get at your septic tank cover or septic tank covers . The septic tank cover or covers down in the riser pipe or riser pipes will be opened by the septic service company which is heavy to very heavy and most times are stuck and are part of the pumping service . The decorative Stone concrete cover or covers are too heavy for little to young kids to open . Which can be hidden in a little landscape garden if you don't want it seen but is quite safe if little to young kids find it or know it's there . This way you can save yourself hard work or good money to have your septic tank pumped out . Also very important is to check or have them check all the baffles in the septic tanks to make sure they are in place in working order !!
I wonder why they aren't designed with a low point in the bottom of the tank with a pipe going down to that point. The other end of the pipe and a breather could just stick out of the ground and be attached to the septic truck. Seems like septic pumping could be made much easier without all the labor and you wouldn't even have to pump all the water out.
@@ryelor123 Because it won't be pumped out completely and properly !!! You have your heavy sediments on the bottom section and the floating bad stuff on the top !!! So each tank Must be pumped out completely , every time , all of it !!! And then you Must check both baffles in each tank !!! Or your tank or tanks and system will fail badly which will require major expensive repairs or very costly replacement of the system !!! So your pipe idea is a Big Time No-No failure even before you start !!!
Pro-tip: Get some peppermint oil (they sell it in little spray bottles even) and spray it on the inside of your facemask or bandana when you do something like this. Peppermint oil kinda overwhelms your sense of smell so it blocks out even really bad smells pretty effectively. My buddy who works for a business that does biological waste cleanup (yeah... including corpses and whatnot) keeps a couple bottles in his truck specifically for this reason.
@MotoRider125 Those respirators are $40, not counting the filter refills. You can get a thing of peppermint oil for maybe $4/ Yeah if you're dealing with chemicals or dangerous particulate then sure, get a respirator. But if you don't HAVE to wear a respirator you don't want to, especially while doing any manual labor. Breathing thru a respirator while doing manual labor SUCKS.
STORY TIME: One night, coming home from work, the entrance ramp to the freeway was covered in some weird slick, and there was a large busted open barrel on the side. Turns out it was peppermint oil. I went to McDonalds on my way home AND THEY COULD SMELL IT INSIDE. I'm not lying, the scent stayed on my car for at least 3 months, even after washes!
This is your daily dose of internet This is what the inside of whatever ungodly SHIT you have in your septic tank looks like Yeah, its shit, piss and lots of other disgusting shit. I just cant stress this enough, it's S H I T and other disgusting shit as well as shit. And if you have diarrhea often, THEN IT'S EVEN MORE DISGUSTING SHIT ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE SHIT. ITS. SHIT.
My parents built the house I grew up in, and it has a septic system, but they took great care to do everything right. It’s never been opened in 40 years and is still running great. They had it built 150% larger than they thought they would ever need, with two tanks, with extra slope between the tanks and drain field. Only human waste and toilet paper were allowed. We didn’t have a garbage disposal in the kitchen sink because they wanted zero foods down the drain.
@@trevorcorey8008 OP is right though. Septic system shouldn't have to be opened up and pumped. If you have to open it or pump it, something went wrong. It's the chemicals and mainly grease that kills a tank but of course people might be flushing things that create a blockage. If you run a system right it never needs to be opened, especially an oversized tank. I've been installing, maintaining and pumping septic systems since the 90's. Run em right and there'll never be a buildup of anything you don't want.
@@goodcitizen3780 well u should get a new job if u still think that, keep spreading miss information to your clients and keep making your job harder “grease kills the tank” no it just solidified and clogs peoples main lines; traps, drain field etc I’ve never seen a house tank that dead because of grease,, believe it or not I use to say the same thing about not having to pump it… back when I was 12
@@trevorcorey8008 Too much grease kills a tank in the same way it kills a cow's stomach. If you can't understand that you can't be helped. You have to learn to accept knowledge, not just stick to whatever pitch some salesman told you. I can't imagine how my job is made harder by teaching clients to run their system properly. You don't actually mean harder though, you mean that I won't be stealing so much money from people who don't need the work done. Decades on decades of servicing homes, hotels, hospitals, restaurants, bowling alleys and just about any kind of business or dwelling you can name says you need more experience. You have 2 eyes, two ears and 1 mouth. It's nature's way of telling you to watch and listen more and talk less. Learn from people with experience. Better to keep quiet and let people think you're a fool than to speak up and prove it to them. I've seen tanks killed by grease and oil, plants and chemicals, flood waters, plastics and papers solvents and cements, you name it. I've seen tanks that haven't been serviced in 40 plus years that are working like 5 year old tanks. I've seen 5 year old tanks that don't work better than a bucket. I've seen tanks made of barrels and drums that haven't been serviced for 15 plus years that don't need to be serviced. If you run it right it's balanced and you don't need to do a thing to it... Unless you want to lie and steal from your clients. They'll believe you. Most will never find you out. But you'll know. If you're okay with that, so be it.
When I was 12 I walked on top of the lid of a septic tank, and it turns out it wasn’t on right so it flipped as I stepped on it and my leg fell down in the hole. I managed to catch myself, but to this day it absolutely terrifies me that I almost drowned in poop.
I lost a set of key in a tank , 4 years later in bottom of tank I actually found , the steel keys were rotted gone but the brass ones were still in tact .
I did it for work as temporary cover and honestly, it's not that bad. Going into a bathroom right after someone has taken a dump usually smells a LOT worse than an open septic tank. You're outside in the open air, so what little smell there is dissipates quickly. The only thing you need to fear is the pipes disconnecting during pumping, because if the tanker is only sucking in air then it loses its vacuum and the contents of that tank pour straight back out of the break in the pipe, all over the customers property. Oh, and don't stand close to the edge if it's an old brick tank. Sometimes the weight of the water is the only thing stopping the walls from collapsing, so when you start draining the tank, the whole thing collapses and drops you straight in the middle. I've only heard of it happening to one person, but it was real nightmare fuel!
@ James Dowse me and a few friends spent our weekend pumping out my septic tank and boy does it smell like a sewer in the summer also yeah I had a old septic tank in my front yard from a old house and it gave way while I was cutting my grass so imagine a 400-600 pound garden tractor getting stuck in one boy that sucks
@@ange1playzgamez , ooof... Yeah, that's a horror story right there! I was working through late autumn, early winter, so I guess I got lucky on the smell side of things. Having been to a 5 day music festival with +35°C temperatures, I guess I'd already seen and smelled things far worse. When you have opened a cubical door and witnessed a literal mountain of poo rising above the seat that could only have been created by a succession of people standing on said seat and just pilling it on, there's not much left that can gross you out.
I used to own a septic pumping business for over 25 years and it is normal for the sludge to drift from the solid side to the liquid side. What I didn't see these guys do is wash up the sludge to make the bottom of both sides clean as they can and it doesn't hurt to throw in some yeast every few months down the toilet to help break down the solids. It creates bacteria in the septic system and your system will go longer between pumping. Also if you can plumb your laundry off the system because the pump in the laundry pushes the solids through the tank when your washing machine drains and it isn't good for your system. And do not over water your area around your septic system because it could fill up your system and you will have a back up and need pumping just like if your toilet flapper valves or water lever is to high in your toilet too. All these things can make your pumping happen more often. I am retired now and I live on a septic system and I have no problems with mine.
@@fAKSDFKamsdf I mean it's not hurting anyone, so it's not like they're bad people. They can't help their fetishes. I would consider them sane as long as they don't involve people that don't wanna be involved.
Just had ours done after about five years, have been using one of those activator products and it kept the holding tank remarkably free of crust. That crust had been thick and hard prior to treatment, though in about a months time open water could be seen! Fella said there was only about 6 inches of sludge at the bottom of the solids holding tank and about two or so on the flow over side, probably better even if none had made its way over, though he did say it was all in very good order!
@@jbird1173 just joking man. No offense intended.I used to do a little plumbing. Had a tank to pump one time. The concrete lid busted as the backhoe was lifting it and I got soaked in, uh, "stuff". So ive been there.
@@mandovapehater6988 none taken man. That's just my standard reply to crappy job jokes. I've been on top of a few tanks that have collapsed. I got dirty, but my immune system is stout. And I make a pretty decent living so its worth it.
1. Grease, butter, oil, and the like DO NOT belong in any septic system. 2. Toilet paper, including the so called "septic safe" types, should be kept to a minimum if possible. Some people use their toilets like waste paper baskets. 3. No chemicals or additives. This includes cleaning supplies, etc. Find alternate ways of cleaning like baking soda, vinegar, and all these organic type cleaners. If you control these 3 things, you will not have problems with your septic.
I remember having to deal with this not long after our family bought the place. We ended up having to destroy the beautiful yard and plants because it was so bad, the entire septic system and the drain field had to be redone from scratch. And it stunk, really stunk. The people before had flushed all kinds of weird sh*t down the toilets, probably their kids. What a mess.
Before our town installed sewers everyone had septic tanks, so they were still buried underground and just covered. When I had some construction done many years later the contractor went to install a concrete footing and discovered the tank was in the way. But he also made another discovery: Instead of a steel cover as is shown here, the builders of the home had simply covered the tank with a square of half-inch plywood. He slid it aside and there was a gaping hole, 3 feet wide by 6 feet deep. When I think about all those times I mowed the lawn and all that stood between me and a concrete grave was a piece of rotting plywood..... 😳
I've been living in my house for 18 years. I have a septic tank and have been using Roebic K-37 twice a year since I moved in. I didn't have my septic tank pumped out for 17 years. When they pumped out my septic tank, they told me it was one of the cleanest septic tanks they had ever seen. They couldn't believe that I had never had my septic tank pumped out. The guy told me, "Whatever You're Doing, Keep Doing It." I just put more Roebic K-37 in my septic system today. Good for another 6 months. I will probably have it pumped out in another ten years or so.
Better yet, we just got our septic tank cleaned out the other day because it was backing up into our bathtub and toilet. Landlord hadn't cleaned it out in a few years I suspect. Lol
Unfortunately, we spent last Friday night in the rain digging up our septic tank lid. Had to temporarily clear a blockage that came out of nowhere. Luckily, a septic company was able to come out on Saturday to pump it. We won't wait so long next time. By the way, we expected it to cost $400+ because they came out on a weekend/same day but they only charged $250. (Helped that we already had the lid dug up) So my husband gave the two guys a $50 tip each. We were EXTREMELY happy with their service. 😊😊😊
since you have a septic system, make sure you're not using draino or chemical drain uncloggers because it can ruin the bacterial in the tanks that break down the sewage
Thanks, learned something new, even at 73 years old! I even had a septic system house 30 years ago. Never had it pumped in the four years I lived there.
Thank you for your professionalism! We had a septic system at the cottage, worked great 40 years and going. Most people don't know that a septic system is like a mini ecosystem, microbes eat the poo in exchange of methane gas. Once a year dad would throw a hole chicken to keep the microbes happy, a farmer told him that. Also bleaches and soaps kill healthy microbes, I have heard of separate gray water tanks for this reason, NO BABY WIPES!!!!! you are asking for major problems, feminine hygiene products is a no go as well. Limit the use of toilet paper. Thanks again! Gp Toronto, Ontario Canada!
Respect for the people doing any hard job no one else wants to do. I take appreciation in even convenience store clerks because they provide a service that I do not want to.
It's even worse to see the person who's tank that was getting ripped off but the guy pumping the tank out. That tank was at perfect operating level. Keep up the good work fella.
I was hoping they were gonna suck up a human skull and be like: " whoops... now that is not what you wanna find in your septic tank... especially in tank # 2 "
I once went to a third world country on vacation and Inna military base below the sidewalk the smell was unbearable, the worst smell ever, it was a sceptic tank
Always pump every year, two at most depending on family size. Most people are not educated and believe the septic needs no maintenance as long as it keeps flushing, in some cases the previous homeowners or realtor tells them septic is 100% and should last decades.
@@swskitso I've heard you don't actually want to pump too often (every year is too often), because every time you pump you remove all the bacteria that are decomposing the waste. So too often doesn't give them a chance to flourish.
We had a 6" solid grease cap that needed to be broken through to get the tank pumped. I'm thinking the previous owners ran lots of stuff out to the tank they weren't supposed to. The grease was blocking the drain field so we basically just had a big holding tank. I tried a massive dose of septic treatment enzymes for about 6 months. 3 month doses every week. All different brands (expensive) It actually broke down that huge amount of solid grease and opened up the drain field.
That’s disgusting, I’m never gonna drink anything out of my septic tank again... Ok, I lied guys, I’m sorry... I’m still drinking this yummy substance as a slushy with one of the people in the replies of this comment... :(
youtube is such a magical place. There was never a time where ppl would learn so much stuff they dont need xd I know how to suck up septic tank, cut parmigiano reggiano professionally, prepare burger king burgers, make a wooden barrell, change a horses shoes etc xd
How to 3d print a hypercar History of the furry fandom When a crab gets sucked into a pipe How someone made an electric drift Camaro How to make fries from scratch How to start up a U-Boat Yeah, TH-cam has some really interesting useless facts.
As a kid, our school had a septic system. Periodically, the pump would fail and sewage would spill out all over the playground. We kids would play "boats" in it and so forth. The teachers would yell "don't play in that" These days, the school would be closed and there would be a public enquiry. (We all came through unharmed - what doesn't kill you makes you stronger...)
@@handsomesquidward5160 in the 60's. (In Australia) Ah, the good old days... when we were allowed to play with fireworks and roam free. I would periodically come home when I was injured and had to go to A&E. Once with a broken leg and twice for stitches... My friend and I also invented a cool game we would play in the backyard, where we would flick lumps of dogshit at each other with a stick - and the other would hit it with a tennis racquet... You scored by the number of neighbours away you could send it... (And if it went back on your mate, he would probably chase you and try to shove it in your mouth) Good grief, what a childhood!
Had footings poured and P&P Concrete (Carl) this older guy took on busting up my septic tank (for no charge) saved me around $1k for removal and Carl earned my respect. Was a retired septic as the house was put on city service decades earlier.
Fun fact. I work for a septic company. For this system it is a "conventional" system. He only has one tank not two. His tank is called a septic tank that is fed by gravity to his drain field. If you have two tanks the second tank is called the pump tank. It will in turn have a pump in it and will have the access riser above grade. In his tank he has 2 compartments. They are divided by a wall called the baffle wall. It is a solid wall a little over halfway in the tank with a 4 in slit in the middle. That allows the solids and sludge to stay in the first compartment. Only water goes into the second compartment then through his outlet T and into his drain field. If he has a filter his access riser would need to be accessible from grade. Depending on county that is a minimum of 3 in. Also when pumping the tank you ALWAYS stir the sludge into the water to make a milk shake then pump. If you just pump the water it will be a pain in the butt to suck the sludge out. You know when to pump the tank because of a routine maintenance called a sludge test. It's a tube that you stick in the tank and see the levels of sludge and scum. If they meet over 40% of total water depth then the tank needs pumping. Generally 3 to 5 years on a household of 4.
The crust is what you want in a septic tank not all of it being a sludge in the bottom. If it is all sludge in the bottom this is what we call a dead tank. The bacteria is not alive or active. A healthy tank will attach everything on top the floating crust. This tanks ia 2 compartment tank. If it was a pressurized system it would be either a 3 compartment tank or one 2 compartment tank and a second one chambered tank with a pump and floats to pump it to a drain field.
You would literally need 3 more feet of sludge for it to even have the chance to get into your drainfield. Also, those are the same tanks, just a baffled wall separating the two sides. You want your solids to turn into sludge, like it did in this tank. Most drainfield failures are caused by not having enough bacteria in the tank to break the solids down. Which causes the solids to float and leaves the opportunity for it to leave through the outlet pipe, clogging the drainfield.
My system only has one tank and baffles. I have the tank pumped every three years. Seems to work great. Also, never drive over a leech field, that can eventually ruin the pipes.
Dont matter if solids float, they wont make it out as long as your outlet baffle is intact. Water softeners dump a lot of salt into the system and it breaks down the concrete often leading to baffle failure. Anyone who has a water softener installed should have its drain bypass the septic, it must be a dedicated drain for only the softener to pass code.
NOT ALWAYS! the distance between the two access lids tells me that system has a primary AND a secondary digestion tanks, that and the effluent level in second tank did not go down when first tank was pumped down! Had that been one of the newer poly tanks you would have been correct.
Buying property but can’t build until 4 years. Will it cause damage to a new septic system & drain field when left empty. Any suggestions on keeping it safe?
Most tanks in Florida have 1 tank 1 compartment ,25yrs old or less have two compartment . there's a divider in the tank making it two compartment however if you have a filter in the 1st tank or in a single tank It will protect your drainfield
900k* Goddamn this is climbing quick! The original post was a week ago and the first reply to it was just 1 day ago. Geze, the TH-cam algorithm REALLY gets results lol! This video is 2 years old and then suddenly went from 2.7k to 900k in a week! EDIT: It actually went up to 901k in the time it took me to write this 😅
Install risers to access and inspect your tanks regularly. Install an effluent filter on the outlet of the secondary tank to assist in removal of solids before they go into your leach field. Install a riser on your distribution box that you can open and inspect for possible solids entering your leach field. Piece of mind is worth a little bit of money.
We have a 100+ yr old farmhouse in Northern Michigan. We found the septic tank and had it evacuated. Somewhere down there was my great grandparents Corn and peanuts and stuff!! Joking aside. I have great respect for those who commit themselves to this task.
When I was younger I worked in landscaping, we had a customer with a flooded septic tank and we wouldn't mow or walk on the flooded area, they complained multiple times that we needed to mow it anyway because it was our job they said, I told the lady I didn't wanna get covered in shit water and she called my boss trying to get me fired, we dropped them as a customer and enformed other landscape companies about that customer in tips groups and almost all of them knew who she was... lol 😆 Eventually the city forced her to fix it and she went on the news saying that it had just happened and it was unfair for her to be treated that way, but in reality she had known about it for years and expected it to go away.
@Christopher Smith I use composting toilets. No water in, no water out. Vented above ridge line so no smell. After a year or so, clean out the tank of compost. Compost outside for 1 month and it's safe for the vegetable garden. I was inspired years ago for this method of sewage disposal by Sir Edmund Hillary. He returned to Mt Everest area to plant trees and install digesters for humans and their animals. Methane given off is collected and condensed then used for cooking and heating. For people who think nothing of making a mess of their plot of land, a little dip of the head in raw sewage tends to open their eyes.
@Christopher Smith You asked a stupid question and I gave you a good answer. Owning houses has nothing to do with this topic. The topic is septic systems. I am familiar with standard, sand mound and composting. Standard is best to dip heads in them to wake them up. I wonder who will be next?
@Christopher Smith So being cheap and lazy. Is the best interest of the home owner. When it doesn't help any one. You are aware many counties and city's can and will, Condemn properties with out a working sewer of some sort. Till they pay to fix it. You are a complete and udder selfish prick , and a asshole. This is coming from a guy who is also a selfish ass hole.
I like that you are encouraging people to pump their tank(s) every 3-5 years; however, most people having two tanks may be something specific to your area/state. I design septic systems in Virginia and two tanks is not normal here. If you are worried about solids going into the drainfield from the second tank -- you could put an effluent filter on the outlet. In this two-tank configuration it would probably only need cleaning as often as you pump the tanks. BTW put some risers on those tanks! I know some people think they are unsightly, but a low profile one isn't that bad. You'll never have to locate it, dig it up or lift those giant lids again!
In Iowa a lot of newer septic tanks are using grease interceptors which, as you probably know, are single tanks divided by baffles inside, usually with 2-3 lids. Personally, my septic is an older, single tank and since I work for a small company that cleans out traps and interceptors my boss lets me clear out my septic whenever I want, so I go for a yearly clean. Usually late fall.
@Faggot Rotten Only these are concrete boxes with flat bottoms. No riser. Baffles, usually, yes, but nothing on the bottom unless somebodies thrown something down there that shouldn't be there. It's a thought, anyway.
@@thecatswillplay86 We truck it over the the Waste Water Treatment plant (sewer plant). They run it through a series of thingofabobs with the intent to separate everything from the water. The water is returned to the nearby river. The rest is trucked out to a land fill, is my understanding. The methane gas is now piped over to a nearby power plant or burned off.
I don't know if you will read this message but I need help from an expert...in Greece they say that a tank is unreplacable and if you reach the point of emptying it every 6 or 2 months you just have to push through...this was said by the expert paid to actually come and do the job....my ignorant question is, how is it possible to not be able to replace the system? And if the tank collapsed because of roots or whatever? If you're so kind to reply I'd really like to know any info or how to move, thanks eitherway!
I saw a picture of a septic pumping company's sign that said
"Septic tanks pumped,swimming pools filled. Not same truck."
🤣🤣🤣
So they pump it from truck to truck inbetween? 🤔
33482 they always have to overcomplicate things. 🙄
But same pipe
* same hose line 🤣🤣🤣
Three things I learned when our septic was pumped.
1 Your body doesn't digest corn.
2 Flushable wipes aren't.
3 My family eats a lot of corn.
#3 Funny!
Makes sense.
I can confirm 1. I look at my poop everytime I eat a cup of corn.
Stop eating fucking corn. That plus salt and sugar.
@@imaginecasually332 maybe i wont eat corn, but I’m not gonna stop fuckin corn that’s for sure
“What you DON’T want to see when pumping your septic”
it’s a septic tank. I don’t want to see any of it.
Yeah why am I watching this at all let alone on my birthday
@@Happy_Shopper ey happy birthday dude
@@samfahrenkopf8679 thanks lad
@@Happy_Shopper happy birthday
I'd rather watch this than the election. There, I brought politics into it. Also, happy birthday.
Bought our house two years ago. This is our first experience with a septic system. The cast iron pipe that went from the house to the tank was completely blocked. Plumber said we were just minutes away from total back up. The plumber gave us a price of $5400 to dig up and replace the cast iron with pvc. Called a clean out service and not only did they pump the tank they replaced the pipe, but they also added a riser to never have to dig up to locate the tank and all they charged me was $1150. Thank you Mark Adkins in Somerset Kentucky!
This is a really good example of why you never just go with the first quote you get. Most places do quotes for free, and it's always worth getting a second, third, or even fifth opinion on any contracting work you need done.
Service plumbers are the biggest crooks of any trade, I know, I've been one for 30 years. I don't do any service work because I don't want to be lumped in with that bunch. Always get multiple quotes.
First guy clearly didn't really want to do it. Digging does suck.
@@rappin05 exactly hes a plumber not a felon that deals with poop all day
We have used Adkins several times -- TOP NOTCH!
This guy sounds like he's narrating an old western movie
Or the narrator from Me, Myself & Irene.
That explains why this video felt so overwhelmingly American
lol
Ten frames from it.
Wild America with Marty stouffer
There a septic pumping company near where we live called ‘The Turd Burglar’
Rothchild’s Sewage and Septic Sucking Services
there's a poo lorry near my ways
We got a septic pumping company with motto 'Vaše hovna, naše radost" meaning "your shit, our happiness"
Lmfao
@@NickGurrFromEurope I have seen it! :)
When I die, I do not want to come back as a septic tank hose.
Better be nice to people then haha
@@Paintplayer1 Ok starting now
10/10 comment and reply
Well, why wait for den. I reckon you grab a straw and get to practicen.
My grandpa came back as a public toilet seat
I'd read in a government publication here in Canada that a majority of property owners have not maintained their Septic Systems. This poses a big problem for many of the city dwellers cashing out and moving to the rural areas where they have no idea what they're facing with unmaintained septics. Suddenly many are face with horrendous added costs as you alluded to. Very informative video thanks.
Hahaha..fuc em!
@@rammingspeed4941 😂🤣
House I live in could sell for 150k tomorrow... but it's a ticking time bomb with a 50k repair bill.
You know you can have a septic company come out and do an inspection at the cost of the homeowners if youre going to buy the property. You just have to tell your agent that you want it added to the list of things youd want fixed on your contract and even add a stipulation that says if refused the septic inspection cost then the previous owner will be held responsible for any repair costs if the septic inspector of your choice deems in need of immediate repair and you foot the cost of the inspection.. you gotta do stuff like that because even the nicest of people will bandaid up some crap and sell the stuff to you then after a year or two the concrete patch falls off revealing a big part of missing foundation or something that ends up costing 20 grand to fix.. that was my experience.., even had 3 inspectors on the place and come 2 years after i moved in the walls developed cracks and ceilings and floors, a window shattered on its own then a 3 foot square chunk of plaster and concrete falls off the block wall inside and was even made to look like itcwas blocks. But revealed the wall had fallen in about 3 feet and pushed the rest of the block in so they just reset the block where it was and patched itvup.. the wall wasent supporting anything and the foundation was gone with the house side hanging in the air over a hole in the ground.. was nice to have to deal with being broke and alone..,.
@@Z-Ack The buyer usually foots the bill for the septic inspection, especially in a hot market. You add septic inspection to the list of subjects on the contract. If it fails inspection, that is when you can discuss repairs and costs and if the seller isn't willing to fix the problem you can back out. The condition of the septic tank is disclosed by the buyer in the property disclosure statement, you can't make the seller fix the septic tank if you have an accepted offer and you do not have any subjects.
The last time I had mine done, the guy who hasn't said a word for 45 minutes says, "Ders alotta corn." With a heavy spanish accent. Anyway.
He likes to save his first impressions, for good reason!
I thought you said Scottish
The fact that your name is Scuba Steve makes this so much better
@@TheAbsoluteZxero True story!
@@gamachoduck thats alot of taco bell
Title: "what you DON'T want to see...."
Me: Oh, I wanna see this
We may want to see this, but the homeowners sure don't.
I broke your 666 like hehe
I was expecting dead body or something like that...
Guys pick one
Dont drink the poop water or
Drink the poop water for 10000000000 dollers
Ikr
One man’s septic tank is another man’s hot spring.
Fax
Or water supply
Kinda curse if am being honest
Bro?
r/cursedcomments
Just a thought. You could plant the flowers around the lids and set some ceramic flower pots on top of the lids. It would fit in nicely with the flowers and would prevent you having to tear up your flower bed. Also, those lids could do with some handles.
Fun fact: 90% of the people here neither searched this nor do they have a septic tank.
I'm in the top 10% then. I didn't look it up, but I do have a septic tank. It's.. hmmm. Never been pumped out, to my knowledge.
@@RAndrewNeal same
@@RAndrewNeal same
@@RAndrewNeal same
bruh, you're right
Me sitting in my house without a septic tank: "hmm yes"
Me to: "mm yes yes"
Yes mmm indeed.
Indeed hmmm yes
You shit on the street?
@@Blue-yp5mz some people live in cities, they have sewers. Not septic tanks.
Imagine dying there and your grave says “Died from poop”
"Drowned man found from sewage well" It's a video game reference.
"Drowned in poop".
If you go to this TH-cam channel called “Horror Stories” there’s actually a woman who fell off a ledge and drowned in a giant pool of human waste
Talk about a shity death.
There's a story about a chinese woman who had her child fall into a septic tank, she dove in to rescue, but she fell unconscious from the fumes and died along with the child.
Our daughter and her husband and kids have a farm in Decatur County Tennessee. Their house was built just a few years ago and they started having problems with their septic tank. When everything was said and done, they found a 2 liter coke bottle stuck in the inlet of the primary tank... it was left there by one of the workers when the house was being built.
let me say it... IDIOTS!!
There, your off the hook, and they got told! thankfully it was only that.
What why did they left it there?!
@@MollyHJohns probably as an offering to the septic tank gods... I did the same thing to my tank...
@@pluhiss now that's just a shitty excuse dyt?
@@MollyHJohns Sure is! I mean, it should've at least been a Pepsi bottle, not Coke...
I had to dig up our septic tanks as a teenager. I'll never forget that smell. Dad said it built character...
Had to haul bricks in 5 gallon buckets all day when my moms ex who was a contractor finished a house it was like 3 pallets of bricks and 10 bricks in each 5 bucket and 2 buckets he said the same thing XD
If your use to the smell of manure it doesn't bother me.
It's the smell of money
@@mikejessmax theres a lot of other moneys that smell a lot better lol
We were hauling off our own crap in 5 gallon buckets after we dug up the tank due to the busted pipe coming. Everything was messed up in the tank.
"Oops... My cigarettes falls..."
_Thus, it's all popcorn now_
That would blow up like a bomb no joke
Imagine the smell
It could seriously kill people
Or covered in some...
@@advcrim77 lol yep no joke 😨 the methane concentration down there would be insane
This guy just got 2.2 million people to look at his poop
Here before thousands of likes
same
Also here before 1K
LOL🤣😂🤣
Oh yeah...
I have always put a riser pipe or riser pipes and decorative concrete stone cover or covers level with the landscape , grass or lawn over the riser pipe or riser pipes which are safe and smooth to ride your mower over when cutting the grass , or if hidden in a small landscape garden . Which is larger than the septic tank opening cover too heavy for little to young kids but fairly easy for any adult male or female or older teenager with a quick shovel or long bar to loosen it in just a minute . Then by hand you can open it fairly easy and is safe to ride your mower over it when it's in place over the riser pipe or riser pipes in the grass or lawn . That way you don't have to dig up your septic tank to get at your septic tank cover or septic tank covers . The septic tank cover or covers down in the riser pipe or riser pipes will be opened by the septic service company which is heavy to very heavy and most times are stuck and are part of the pumping service . The decorative Stone concrete cover or covers are too heavy for little to young kids to open . Which can be hidden in a little landscape garden if you don't want it seen but is quite safe if little to young kids find it or know it's there . This way you can save yourself hard work or good money to have your septic tank pumped out . Also very important is to check or have them check all the baffles in the septic tanks to make sure they are in place in working order !!
you can also save yourself money by forcing your kids to dig it up for you, atleast thats what my parents always did lol.
I wonder why they aren't designed with a low point in the bottom of the tank with a pipe going down to that point. The other end of the pipe and a breather could just stick out of the ground and be attached to the septic truck. Seems like septic pumping could be made much easier without all the labor and you wouldn't even have to pump all the water out.
@@ryelor123 Because it won't be pumped out completely and properly !!! You have your heavy sediments on the bottom section and the floating bad stuff on the top !!! So each tank Must be pumped out completely , every time , all of it !!! And then you Must check both baffles in each tank !!! Or your tank or tanks and system will fail badly which will require major expensive repairs or very costly replacement of the system !!! So your pipe idea is a Big Time No-No failure even before you start !!!
Pro-tip: Get some peppermint oil (they sell it in little spray bottles even) and spray it on the inside of your facemask or bandana when you do something like this. Peppermint oil kinda overwhelms your sense of smell so it blocks out even really bad smells pretty effectively. My buddy who works for a business that does biological waste cleanup (yeah... including corpses and whatnot) keeps a couple bottles in his truck specifically for this reason.
Heard they also keep those in hospitals where abscesses and other overly infectious wounds are treated.
Plague doctor mask
@MotoRider125 Those respirators are $40, not counting the filter refills. You can get a thing of peppermint oil for maybe $4/ Yeah if you're dealing with chemicals or dangerous particulate then sure, get a respirator. But if you don't HAVE to wear a respirator you don't want to, especially while doing any manual labor. Breathing thru a respirator while doing manual labor SUCKS.
STORY TIME: One night, coming home from work, the entrance ramp to the freeway was covered in some weird slick, and there was a large busted open barrel on the side. Turns out it was peppermint oil. I went to McDonalds on my way home AND THEY COULD SMELL IT INSIDE.
I'm not lying, the scent stayed on my car for at least 3 months, even after washes!
Bro that man didnt even wear gloves and was wiping his hand in the grass,you think he'll wear a mask?
Imagine falling in there
Jesus Christ..
I heard stories...
I don't want to. but you made me imagine it by commenting it
why. just why.
Search indian guy sewer
NO
There's a septic pumping company near us and their motto is: Your sh*t, our pleasure.
Lul
Company near me and their motto is: We pump what our competition talks
@@youripoort1288 LOOOL
@@tob2603 yeah its pretty fun
So stupid lol.. but. The only Genius way to attract clients,
Everybody gansta till the man accidentally drops his camera into the septic tank.
Lmaoo😭😭
Everybody gangsta till he falls into the septic tank
And the impact had created a big splash and a piece of shit fell into his mouth and accidentally swallowed it into his stomach.
@@khanaratsadon gosshh why did u have to continue it?! eughh XD
_i'm laughing in disgust rn lmao_
This is your daily dose of internet
This is what the inside of whatever ungodly SHIT you have in your septic tank looks like
Yeah, its shit, piss and lots of other disgusting shit.
I just cant stress this enough, it's S H I T and other disgusting shit as well as shit.
And if you have diarrhea often, THEN IT'S EVEN MORE DISGUSTING SHIT ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE SHIT.
ITS. SHIT.
The Ad before this was for Taco Bells Nacho party box.
Mine was this bullshit "fair tax" ad for illinois lmao
@@JB-tj8zx ah man. Next time! Its just the game of commercial roulette!!
Dear lord, no
Yes, the two are related.
Ad's? What ad's? I don't see any: Ad Block Ultimate
Me: I should probably go to bed
TH-cam: Watch this video of a guy emptying his septic tank
Me: ok
Same
Same
Lmao tommrow i have school and its 12 am lol
@Patriots Nation I’m glad someone told him. 😂😂😂
@Patriots Nation 4 life thank you, this changes everything
My parents built the house I grew up in, and it has a septic system, but they took great care to do everything right. It’s never been opened in 40 years and is still running great.
They had it built 150% larger than they thought they would ever need, with two tanks, with extra slope between the tanks and drain field. Only human waste and toilet paper were allowed. We didn’t have a garbage disposal in the kitchen sink because they wanted zero foods down the drain.
Never been opened in 40 years and do everything right shouldn’t be used in the same sentence
Wait like 5-10 more years and you'll be in for a real suprise. Septic fields don't last forever.
@@trevorcorey8008
OP is right though.
Septic system shouldn't have to be opened up and pumped. If you have to open it or pump it, something went wrong.
It's the chemicals and mainly grease that kills a tank but of course people might be flushing things that create a blockage. If you run a system right it never needs to be opened, especially an oversized tank.
I've been installing, maintaining and pumping septic systems since the 90's.
Run em right and there'll never be a buildup of anything you don't want.
@@goodcitizen3780 well u should get a new job if u still think that, keep spreading miss information to your clients and keep making your job harder “grease kills the tank” no it just solidified and clogs peoples main lines; traps, drain field etc I’ve never seen a house tank that dead because of grease,, believe it or not I use to say the same thing about not having to pump it… back when I was 12
@@trevorcorey8008
Too much grease kills a tank in the same way it kills a cow's stomach. If you can't understand that you can't be helped. You have to learn to accept knowledge, not just stick to whatever pitch some salesman told you.
I can't imagine how my job is made harder by teaching clients to run their system properly. You don't actually mean harder though, you mean that I won't be stealing so much money from people who don't need the work done.
Decades on decades of servicing homes, hotels, hospitals, restaurants, bowling alleys and just about any kind of business or dwelling you can name says you need more experience.
You have 2 eyes, two ears and 1 mouth. It's nature's way of telling you to watch and listen more and talk less. Learn from people with experience. Better to keep quiet and let people think you're a fool than to speak up and prove it to them.
I've seen tanks killed by grease and oil, plants and chemicals, flood waters, plastics and papers solvents and cements, you name it. I've seen tanks that haven't been serviced in 40 plus years that are working like 5 year old tanks. I've seen 5 year old tanks that don't work better than a bucket. I've seen tanks made of barrels and drums that haven't been serviced for 15 plus years that don't need to be serviced.
If you run it right it's balanced and you don't need to do a thing to it... Unless you want to lie and steal from your clients. They'll believe you. Most will never find you out. But you'll know. If you're okay with that, so be it.
Septic tank cleaning guy: "Smells like Money!"
"Its a great job.... new shit every day."
@Sloppy Turtle he'll beat the crap outta you
@@IAM90SBABY what a *shit* joke 😉
Sounds like a shitty situation here 🤣
oh shit 😂😂
Pls fuckin stop
My tummys hurt
When I was 12 I walked on top of the lid of a septic tank, and it turns out it wasn’t on right so it flipped as I stepped on it and my leg fell down in the hole. I managed to catch myself, but to this day it absolutely terrifies me that I almost drowned in poop.
wow man that's terrible
I don't care if this is a real story or not but you cannot deny dying in shit is the worst way to die.
That's some shit
Funny enough, I Actually fell into it when I was 12, I was Disturbed horribly
(And still am, I'm now 41)
if you like, fell into it, you're going to die due to parasites and some shit lmfao
I can't be the only one who was expecting a poop monster
Mr. Hanky
Poop dealer!
Kind of like the movie "monsters"
I was kinda expecting skeletal remains from an animal or something.
I was expecting a gator
Imagine if the dude dropped his camera in there while filming- "well... Shit"
I lost a set of key in a tank , 4 years later in bottom of tank I actually found , the steel keys were rotted gone but the brass ones were still in tact .
2 hours into my bedtime binge and I'm like, "well... I don't have a septic tank but what DON'T I wanna see?"
I am lying in my bed almost sleeping but yeah .. i have to check out this shit
‘Bedtime binge’ brilliant!
Lmao
It was midnight when I saw this and I live in Britain, there are no septic tanks here.
Right they sure know how to get us to watch just by telling us we don't want to watch it and gets us to click immediately. 🤦🏿♂️😷☣️☢️💩💩💩💩
Seeing is fine. It's the smelling part I don't want to be involved in.
I did it for work as temporary cover and honestly, it's not that bad. Going into a bathroom right after someone has taken a dump usually smells a LOT worse than an open septic tank. You're outside in the open air, so what little smell there is dissipates quickly. The only thing you need to fear is the pipes disconnecting during pumping, because if the tanker is only sucking in air then it loses its vacuum and the contents of that tank pour straight back out of the break in the pipe, all over the customers property. Oh, and don't stand close to the edge if it's an old brick tank. Sometimes the weight of the water is the only thing stopping the walls from collapsing, so when you start draining the tank, the whole thing collapses and drops you straight in the middle. I've only heard of it happening to one person, but it was real nightmare fuel!
James Dowse I-interesting
@ James Dowse me and a few friends spent our weekend pumping out my septic tank and boy does it smell like a sewer in the summer also yeah I had a old septic tank in my front yard from a old house and it gave way while I was cutting my grass so imagine a 400-600 pound garden tractor getting stuck in one boy that sucks
@@ange1playzgamez , ooof... Yeah, that's a horror story right there! I was working through late autumn, early winter, so I guess I got lucky on the smell side of things. Having been to a 5 day music festival with +35°C temperatures, I guess I'd already seen and smelled things far worse. When you have opened a cubical door and witnessed a literal mountain of poo rising above the seat that could only have been created by a succession of people standing on said seat and just pilling it on, there's not much left that can gross you out.
Is septic tank the same thing as a sewage pipe?
"It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it"
as they say, dirty deeds done dirt cheap
@@theweedeater1842 Filthy Acts At A Reasonable Price
@@theweedeater1842 man i love that song...
And AC/DC is back in 2020 lets fucking GOOO
@@sillysquire9738 Is this a fucking jojo reference?!
@@wandersonvitor3054 ...mayhaps
I used to own a septic pumping business for over 25 years and it is normal for the sludge to drift from the solid side to the liquid side. What I didn't see these guys do is wash up the sludge to make the bottom of both sides clean as they can and it doesn't hurt to throw in some yeast every few months down the toilet to help break down the solids. It creates bacteria in the septic system and your system will go longer between pumping. Also if you can plumb your laundry off the system because the pump in the laundry pushes the solids through the tank when your washing machine drains and it isn't good for your system. And do not over water your area around your septic system because it could fill up your system and you will have a back up and need pumping just like if your toilet flapper valves or water lever is to high in your toilet too. All these things can make your pumping happen more often. I am retired now and I live on a septic system and I have no problems with mine.
"Slip into another dimension with a septic tank in LEGO city!"
Man has fallen in to a tank in lego city
HEY!
A man has fallen into the septic tank in LEGO City!
@@MrBLARG85 start the new somekind of black hole machine
Me: *has a phobia of large inclosed spaces with poop in them*
TH-cam algorithm:
That's an oddly specific phobia, anyway I'm pretty sure any remotely sane person wouldn't want anything to do with 'large enclosed spaces with poop'
@@fAKSDFKamsdf I mean some people love eating poop and being covered in it so aye the more you know
@@kanexoxo and you'd consider those people remotely sane?
@@fAKSDFKamsdf I mean it's not hurting anyone, so it's not like they're bad people. They can't help their fetishes. I would consider them sane as long as they don't involve people that don't wanna be involved.
@@kanexoxo yeah no that's no fetish that's a geneva convention violation
Septic tank?
*More like forbidden swimming pool*
*swimming pool
@@planatano_ i don't understand did you get it wrong to???
@@planatano_ *indoor swimming pool
r/ cursedcomments (yes i use reddit shut up)
Every time he points the camera down there i just think of how scary it would be to fall in
Just had ours done after about five years, have been using one of those activator products and it kept the holding tank remarkably free of crust. That crust had been thick and hard prior to treatment, though in about a months time open water could be seen! Fella said there was only about 6 inches of sludge at the bottom of the solids holding tank and about two or so on the flow over side, probably better even if none had made its way over, though he did say it was all in very good order!
Me: "I wonder what gameplay I wanna see today"
TH-cam: "wanna see a septic tank video?"
I was also on the hunt for a gaming video to watch when I came across this literal shit 😂
TAS: Septic Tank Cleaning any%
Been watching My summer car gameplay I see
Yeah why not!!!😂😂😂
My summer car in real life
My Summer Car gang represent
"Young male dies by falling in a septic tank"
voi satana
What a horrible way 2 die
I was looking for you guys.
vittu
oh..thats why that is in recommended
"we take no pleasure in this"
Thats a crappy job.
I'm here all night. Thank you folks.
Smells like money to me. I'm a septic contractor
@@jbird1173 just joking man. No offense intended.I used to do a little plumbing. Had a tank to pump one time. The concrete lid busted as the backhoe was lifting it and I got soaked in, uh, "stuff". So ive been there.
I want to be the guy at the bottom of the tank - I wont take s**t from anyone.
I see a Vegas residency in your future
@@mandovapehater6988 none taken man. That's just my standard reply to crappy job jokes. I've been on top of a few tanks that have collapsed. I got dirty, but my immune system is stout. And I make a pretty decent living so its worth it.
1. Grease, butter, oil, and the like DO NOT belong in any septic system. 2. Toilet paper, including the so called "septic safe" types, should be kept to a minimum if possible. Some people use their toilets like waste paper baskets. 3. No chemicals or additives. This includes cleaning supplies, etc. Find alternate ways of cleaning like baking soda, vinegar, and all these organic type cleaners. If you control these 3 things, you will not have problems with your septic.
Was expecting an alligator or something. Disappointed.
Indeed
I was fully expecting a body.
That’s exactly what I was thinking
Bruh an alligator wouldn’t survive in shit like that.
@@acow1385 literally shit...
The scariest thing that could happen is accidentally falling in...
dont even remind me🤮🤮
That almost happened when they came out to suck my septic tank. The lid was heavy enough to throw someone off balance.
Unfortunately I know of a young man here in northwest Ohio that met that fate. He died ugh. So sad.
amh75ify ......that’s horrible.
Alco Power he was just 20 I believe. He had a twin brother too. I worked with his mother when she was pregnant with the boys . So sad 😞
Me: Is bored
TH-cam: Wanna watch septic tanks?
Me: Don't mind if I do
Me:Checks phone in the middle of the night
TH-cam: Yo wanna see actual shit
pretty much lol
Thats what happened with me lol
I remember having to deal with this not long after our family bought the place. We ended up having to destroy the beautiful yard and plants because it was so bad, the entire septic system and the drain field had to be redone from scratch. And it stunk, really stunk. The people before had flushed all kinds of weird sh*t down the toilets, probably their kids. What a mess.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is the sequel to “Dropped into a turbine engine”
Yes
Literally just watched that one
I thought I’d see this comment
The algorithm unites us
It's actually my "Up next"
No gloves. Hardcore...
Heads Mess worth every second.
@Heads Mess i did that too. Those old guys are made of iron at work, but have all kinds of health problems after clocking out.
Hardcore stupid. I used gloves, facemask and googles when I did this kind of work. Dont wanna mess with biohazard stuff.
Just like changing a diaper while eating a sandwich and eating Doritos !
For real.
Oh boy will there be sludge in the second tank? I can hardly contain myself!!
Bro I've had a ridiculous week. Super stressful. I'm eating corn pops for dinner, for God's sake. Your comment made me laugh so hard. Thank you.
LMFAO
lol dude
0:47 speaking of corn 🌽 😆
@@famousj6 no problem buddy. Just seen your reply I was happy to help.
The septic service man in the video handled this cleaning process like a boss. Respect!
Why am I watching this my house is connected to a public sewer
To see how the other side lives
my septic tank is connected to the neighbor's yard
@@feero9680 💀💀
@@feero9680 lol
@@feero9680 mine is my nxtdoors yard hshaha
Before our town installed sewers everyone had septic tanks, so they were still buried underground and just covered. When I had some construction done many years later the contractor went to install a concrete footing and discovered the tank was in the way. But he also made another discovery: Instead of a steel cover as is shown here, the builders of the home had simply covered the tank with a square of half-inch plywood. He slid it aside and there was a gaping hole, 3 feet wide by 6 feet deep. When I think about all those times I mowed the lawn and all that stood between me and a concrete grave was a piece of rotting plywood..... 😳
That’s not a steel cover, that’s cement
That is super sketchy! Yikes!
You probably wouldnt have died if you fell in there, but that wouldnt be a very good day
back in 60s 70s they used plywood to cover septic tanks
U2WB talk about a potential shitty situation
I saw a septic truck company in my town that had printed at the side of their trucks:" We pump what our competition talks" 🤣🤣
I saw one that said, "Smells like money to me."
We had a septic system at the ranch when I was a teen. 20+ years, that tank never got pumped, never NEEDED pumping. Proper maintenance is key.
I've been living in my house for 18 years. I have a septic tank and have been using Roebic K-37 twice a year since I moved in. I didn't have my septic tank pumped out for 17 years. When they pumped out my septic tank, they told me it was one of the cleanest septic tanks they had ever seen. They couldn't believe that I had never had my septic tank pumped out. The guy told me, "Whatever You're Doing, Keep Doing It." I just put more Roebic K-37 in my septic system today. Good for another 6 months. I will probably have it pumped out in another ten years or so.
Your insane
@@stevebeasley5181 you're misinformed.
@stevebeasley5181 You're, not, Your.
Me: **just took a shit seconds ago*
Yt recommendations: "coincidence? I think not"
I was shitting as I watched this
I was eating shit while watching this
@@fartingpotatowithpoop631 wait, what?
Better yet, we just got our septic tank cleaned out the other day because it was backing up into our bathtub and toilet.
Landlord hadn't cleaned it out in a few years I suspect. Lol
@@fartingpotatowithpoop631 *hold up*
Unfortunately, we spent last Friday night in the rain digging up our septic tank lid. Had to temporarily clear a blockage that came out of nowhere. Luckily, a septic company was able to come out on Saturday to pump it. We won't wait so long next time. By the way, we expected it to cost $400+ because they came out on a weekend/same day but they only charged $250. (Helped that we already had the lid dug up) So my husband gave the two guys a $50 tip each. We were EXTREMELY happy with their service. 😊😊😊
That was me sorry. I had Taco Bell for lunch
since you have a septic system, make sure you're not using draino or chemical drain uncloggers because it can ruin the bacterial in the tanks that break down the sewage
Guy: "Now what you don't want is sludge in your second tank"
Me: "Yes, interesting"
Thanks, learned something new, even at 73 years old! I even had a septic system house 30 years ago. Never had it pumped in the four years I lived there.
Nobody:
Him: 🆂 🅻 🆄 🅳 🅶 🅴
Well what else do you even call it?
huh, a pony. how rare
@@bladehunter1097 shit
thaaats some s l u d g e down therre
@@bladehunter1097 shit, dooky, pooky, turds, doodoo, booboo,
The smell is travelling through wifi..
Go take a shower wtf
@@kermitsewerslide3316 😂😂😂
bro u shit ur self XD
Bro it's you not cleaning your socks
If you smell something from the way there i think there may be certain hygiene issues.
The way this dude explains and says tank feels like alternate dimension cable plumbus from rick and morty
Holy shit for real
The whole video I was thinking of the brothers lol
literally who and what
I thought the Eyehole man would jump out and beat them up for eatin' his Eyeholes.
Same vibes man lil kitchen
Warning! Listening to the guy explaining while you step next to the tank entrance, it can make you fall in accidentally!
Thank you for your professionalism! We had a septic system at the cottage, worked great 40 years and going. Most people don't know that a septic system is like a mini ecosystem, microbes eat the poo in exchange of methane gas. Once a year dad would throw a hole chicken to keep the microbes happy, a farmer told him that. Also bleaches and soaps kill healthy microbes, I have heard of separate gray water tanks for this reason, NO BABY WIPES!!!!! you are asking for major problems, feminine hygiene products is a no go as well. Limit the use of toilet paper. Thanks again! Gp Toronto, Ontario Canada!
Why TF is this guy not wearing gloves when he’s touching the hose?
he immediately ate a sandwich afterwards
@@jbloun911
Hahaha! 😂
building up antibodies before covid
It's only digested food.
He licked his hands clean, don’t worry
First time in my life I've asked myself "why u watching this".
Respect for the people doing this job.
Respect for the people doing any hard job no one else wants to do. I take appreciation in even convenience store clerks because they provide a service that I do not want to.
This is a bad job but when repairs are needed sometimes someone has to get in there.
@Luke Morgan lol
Easy money for pumpers, not so easy for anyone who has to climb inside.
Barely making over minimum wage where im from.
Why you getting rid of your supply of fudge?
That profile pic describes how i feel about u
You here too? Roswaal hasnr been treating you well It seems
50 years ago or 5 days ago, choose one.
Such a waste of perfectly good fudge
Whats wrong with you? Thats not fudge...... its chocolate pudding
It's even worse to see the person who's tank that was getting ripped off but the guy pumping the tank out. That tank was at perfect operating level. Keep up the good work fella.
I was hoping they were gonna suck up a human skull and be like:
" whoops... now that is not what you wanna find in your septic tank... especially in tank # 2 "
😂
"It's fine if it's in tank 1"
Ya, I thought they finally found jimmy haffa's body.
Hoffa*
I grew up with a septic tank in my front yard, and I can smell this through my monitor.
Mine was on the far left side of the 🏠!!! Always problems there
@Allstahr allstahr Exactly it shouldn't smell.
I once went to a third world country on vacation and Inna military base below the sidewalk the smell was unbearable, the worst smell ever, it was a sceptic tank
Always pump every year, two at most depending on family size.
Most people are not educated and believe the septic needs no maintenance as long as it keeps flushing, in some cases the previous homeowners or realtor tells them septic is 100% and should last decades.
@@swskitso I've heard you don't actually want to pump too often (every year is too often), because every time you pump you remove all the bacteria that are decomposing the waste. So too often doesn't give them a chance to flourish.
A septic truck in my area,has painted on back,"No tailgating or I'll flush!"
I saw one that said “were number one in the number two business”
@@leedanielson7452
Ye, Old Honey Wagon!I also remember as a child!
@@magnum8264 I have seen" your wife might not take your shit, but we will"
I saw one painted like a yellow school bus with little turd children in the windows.
It was the “Stool Bus”
We had a 6" solid grease cap that needed to be broken through to get the tank pumped. I'm thinking the previous owners ran lots of stuff out to the tank they weren't supposed to. The grease was blocking the drain field so we basically just had a big holding tank. I tried a massive dose of septic treatment enzymes for about 6 months. 3 month doses every week. All different brands (expensive) It actually broke down that huge amount of solid grease and opened up the drain field.
thats very interesting that it worked. what was the name of the enzymes?
Didn’t search thus, but watched the whole thing. I don’t know why, but I did.
Same lol. Least I know a little about septic tanks now.
What a true patriot
I knew it's a crappy job, but really respectable and has lots of money
Same goes for me.
That’s disgusting, I’m never gonna drink anything out of my septic tank again...
Ok, I lied guys, I’m sorry... I’m still drinking this yummy substance as a slushy with one of the people in the replies of this comment... :(
lol thats not how it works. 😂
I always drink water from my septic tank this whole time. After seeing this, I still drink it
@@Bowtie4me R/whoosh
r/yesiusereddit
R/pleaseshutup
Again?
@@Judethedude r/iwatchcp
"It's hard work but someones gotta do it" *wipes shit off lip*
Why would anyone write anything like this?
Ahahah..still a bit on yar chin !!
@@manilovetherogue lol it's a little out of context, just read the title again you'll get it.
@@manilovetherogue 😂
Mmmm, milkshake.
I add Rid-X every month. Does that really help reduce the problems with a septic tank?
Nobody:
The weird scat fetish kid:
*"CANNONBALL!!"*
now THAT'S what i call some gourmet shit
absolutely delicious
my compliments to the chef if i do say.
@@BeansAndWeens WHY
WHYYY
@@BeansAndWeens fuck man that actually made me feel sick reading that
@@BeansAndWeens I would like some pebble poop with a side of digested corn please
@@BeansAndWeens bitch stop 🤮
youtube is such a magical place. There was never a time where ppl would learn so much stuff they dont need xd I know how to suck up septic tank, cut parmigiano reggiano professionally, prepare burger king burgers, make a wooden barrell, change a horses shoes etc xd
How to 3d print a hypercar
History of the furry fandom
When a crab gets sucked into a pipe
How someone made an electric drift Camaro
How to make fries from scratch
How to start up a U-Boat
Yeah, TH-cam has some really interesting useless facts.
The craziest part is that I actually recognize those videos
@@lucaslucas191202 lmao
How to bathe your stone
How to breathe
How to lift up a red chair
How to donwload (tons of shits)
And a lot of other stuff
"There was never a time where ppl would learn so much stuff they don't need"
Clearly, you have never been to school
As a kid, our school had a septic system. Periodically, the pump would fail and sewage would spill out all over the playground.
We kids would play "boats" in it and so forth.
The teachers would yell "don't play in that"
These days, the school would be closed and there would be a public enquiry.
(We all came through unharmed - what doesn't kill you makes you stronger...)
What year was this? Yall were built different. Public enquiry is an understatement that school would be put under the jail in today's time.
tasty
@@handsomesquidward5160 in the 60's.
(In Australia)
Ah, the good old days... when we were allowed to play with fireworks and roam free.
I would periodically come home when I was injured and had to go to A&E. Once with a broken leg and twice for stitches...
My friend and I also invented a cool game we would play in the backyard, where we would flick lumps of dogshit at each other with a stick - and the other would hit it with a tennis racquet...
You scored by the number of neighbours away you could send it...
(And if it went back on your mate, he would probably chase you and try to shove it in your mouth)
Good grief, what a childhood!
Dominique Govinden , if that happened today, the hazmat crew come all suited up to clean that shit up!
@@perrybrown4985 Why do such Stories remind me of that "30 Years Electricty in Australia" Mail Stamp from the Simpsons?
Had footings poured and P&P Concrete (Carl) this older guy took on busting up my septic tank (for no charge) saved me around $1k for removal and Carl earned my respect. Was a retired septic as the house was put on city service decades earlier.
You sound like the guy from the motel 6 commercials from back in the day. We'll leave the light on.. excellent voice very soothing!!!
*Yah ... He DOES sound like THAT GUY !!*
Fun fact. I work for a septic company. For this system it is a "conventional" system. He only has one tank not two. His tank is called a septic tank that is fed by gravity to his drain field. If you have two tanks the second tank is called the pump tank. It will in turn have a pump in it and will have the access riser above grade. In his tank he has 2 compartments. They are divided by a wall called the baffle wall. It is a solid wall a little over halfway in the tank with a 4 in slit in the middle. That allows the solids and sludge to stay in the first compartment. Only water goes into the second compartment then through his outlet T and into his drain field. If he has a filter his access riser would need to be accessible from grade. Depending on county that is a minimum of 3 in. Also when pumping the tank you ALWAYS stir the sludge into the water to make a milk shake then pump. If you just pump the water it will be a pain in the butt to suck the sludge out. You know when to pump the tank because of a routine maintenance called a sludge test. It's a tube that you stick in the tank and see the levels of sludge and scum. If they meet over 40% of total water depth then the tank needs pumping. Generally 3 to 5 years on a household of 4.
our tank had a thick crud blanket on the top and very little sludge on the bottom of the tank, is that a good thing?
The crust is what you want in a septic tank not all of it being a sludge in the bottom. If it is all sludge in the bottom this is what we call a dead tank. The bacteria is not alive or active. A healthy tank will attach everything on top the floating crust. This tanks ia 2 compartment tank. If it was a pressurized system it would be either a 3 compartment tank or one 2 compartment tank and a second one chambered tank with a pump and floats to pump it to a drain field.
Cool
Thank you poop man. I will never Use this knowledge but i will never forget it. The curse of knowledge
You had me until milk shake.
You would literally need 3 more feet of sludge for it to even have the chance to get into your drainfield. Also, those are the same tanks, just a baffled wall separating the two sides. You want your solids to turn into sludge, like it did in this tank. Most drainfield failures are caused by not having enough bacteria in the tank to break the solids down. Which causes the solids to float and leaves the opportunity for it to leave through the outlet pipe, clogging the drainfield.
My system only has one tank and baffles. I have the tank pumped every three years. Seems to work great. Also, never drive over a leech field, that can eventually ruin the pipes.
Dont matter if solids float, they wont make it out as long as your outlet baffle is intact.
Water softeners dump a lot of salt into the system and it breaks down the concrete often leading to baffle failure.
Anyone who has a water softener installed should have its drain bypass the septic, it must be a dedicated drain for only the softener to pass code.
Oak tree roots clogged my pipes
Ok buddy, now your just talking shit🤣
NOT ALWAYS! the distance between the two access lids tells me that system has a primary AND a secondary digestion tanks, that and the effluent level in second tank did not go down when first tank was pumped down! Had that been one of the newer poly tanks you would have been correct.
youtube: wanna see 2000 gallons of crap being sucked up?
*1.4M* *people:* *SURE*
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NOW THIS IS SHITPOSTING
About a mil now
I was curious because i have one...ut is is called "cesspool".
Buying property but can’t build until 4 years. Will it cause damage to a new septic system & drain field when left empty. Any suggestions on keeping it safe?
Title: what you don't want to see
1.9 million people: I want to see it.
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2.7 million.!!!!!!!!!
thanks Captain Obvious
Hello,this is *YOUR* daily dose of internet.
Hahaha!! 😄
More like my LAST dose of internet
Shitternet*
Most tanks in Florida have 1 tank 1 compartment ,25yrs old or less have two compartment . there's a divider in the tank making it two compartment however if you have a filter in the 1st tank or in a single tank It will protect your drainfield
What you don’t want to see: This dude not wearing gloves while handling someone’s waste! 💩💩💩
This guy is probably immune to everything including COVID from handling this all the time.
Eeeeeewwwwwww!
Then seeing him later making your food at mcdonalds
Thank you!!! i was just about to Point that out 💩💩💩
NEVER... shake hands with a septic pumper!
Imagine pulling the lid off and you slip into it. Shoot me as soon as that happens.
@Justin Gatlin cursed comment
I'd be drowning with my puke as well lol
@@wlt3r382 "lol"
Title: what you DON'T want to see
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Goddamn this is climbing quick! The original post was a week ago and the first reply to it was just 1 day ago. Geze, the TH-cam algorithm REALLY gets results lol! This video is 2 years old and then suddenly went from 2.7k to 900k in a week!
EDIT: It actually went up to 901k in the time it took me to write this 😅
That liquid and sludge is excellent for the soil and plants! I've tried it and it improved the soil and made the trees grow a lot quicker!
Please tell me you're not pulling liquid from the septic tank and watering your plants with it
@@kklitzke1 I did it a few times like 2 years ago.
Install risers to access and inspect your tanks regularly. Install an effluent filter on the outlet of the secondary tank to assist in removal of solids before they go into your leach field. Install a riser on your distribution box that you can open and inspect for possible solids entering your leach field. Piece of mind is worth a little bit of money.
You are 100% correct I rarely see a riser on the D box but when it's there I open it and clean it at no extra cost defiantly worth it!
Most modern tanks have baffles built in to keep solids out of the lateral lines.
I pump my septic tank out the old fashioned way, a straw and the power of your lungs. Nothing like the satisfaction of fixing something yourself
BRO LMAOOOOOO
@sporky leans he’ll need more then a mint.
Ewwww
Bro that's actually disgusting since I usually put it in a bucket and drink it, but I do respect your way of doing it though
@sporky leans nothing like a good old sip of your septic tank early in the morning am i right?
Don’t know why but I was expecting a gator inside .
Yeah I was as well.
Like in "wheres my water?"
The Shitgator
We have a 100+ yr old farmhouse in Northern Michigan. We found the septic tank and had it evacuated. Somewhere down there was my great grandparents Corn and peanuts and stuff!! Joking aside. I have great respect for those who commit themselves to this task.
it's one of those titles where I know I don't want to see but curiosity has me in a vice
Hi lady
@@amadeuscardenas4623 oof
When I was younger I worked in landscaping, we had a customer with a flooded septic tank and we wouldn't mow or walk on the flooded area, they complained multiple times that we needed to mow it anyway because it was our job they said, I told the lady I didn't wanna get covered in shit water and she called my boss trying to get me fired, we dropped them as a customer and enformed other landscape companies about that customer in tips groups and almost all of them knew who she was... lol 😆
Eventually the city forced her to fix it and she went on the news saying that it had just happened and it was unfair for her to be treated that way, but in reality she had known about it for years and expected it to go away.
@Christopher Smith This gets in the ground water and doesn't just affect her. She should have been dipped head first in the tank to wake her up.
@Christopher Smith I use composting toilets. No water in, no water out. Vented above ridge line so no smell. After a year or so, clean out the tank of compost. Compost outside for 1 month and it's safe for the vegetable garden.
I was inspired years ago for this method of sewage disposal by Sir Edmund Hillary. He returned to Mt Everest area to plant trees and install digesters for humans and their animals. Methane given off is collected and condensed then used for cooking and heating.
For people who think nothing of making a mess of their plot of land, a little dip of the head in raw sewage tends to open their eyes.
@Christopher Smith You asked a stupid question and I gave you a good answer. Owning houses has nothing to do with this topic. The topic is septic systems. I am familiar with standard, sand mound and composting. Standard is best to dip heads in them to wake them up. I wonder who will be next?
@Christopher Smith So being cheap and lazy. Is the best interest of the home owner. When it doesn't help any one. You are aware many counties and city's can and will, Condemn properties with out a working sewer of some sort. Till they pay to fix it. You are a complete and udder selfish prick , and a asshole. This is coming from a guy who is also a selfish ass hole.
@Christopher Smith How will I sleep? Knowing you reported me.
I like that you are encouraging people to pump their tank(s) every 3-5 years; however, most people having two tanks may be something specific to your area/state. I design septic systems in Virginia and two tanks is not normal here. If you are worried about solids going into the drainfield from the second tank -- you could put an effluent filter on the outlet. In this two-tank configuration it would probably only need cleaning as often as you pump the tanks. BTW put some risers on those tanks! I know some people think they are unsightly, but a low profile one isn't that bad. You'll never have to locate it, dig it up or lift those giant lids again!
In Iowa a lot of newer septic tanks are using grease interceptors which, as you probably know, are single tanks divided by baffles inside, usually with 2-3 lids. Personally, my septic is an older, single tank and since I work for a small company that cleans out traps and interceptors my boss lets me clear out my septic whenever I want, so I go for a yearly clean. Usually late fall.
@Faggot Rotten Only these are concrete boxes with flat bottoms. No riser. Baffles, usually, yes, but nothing on the bottom unless somebodies thrown something down there that shouldn't be there. It's a thought, anyway.
@@yourseatatthetable What do they do with all the crap after they've sucked it all out of the tank?
@@thecatswillplay86 We truck it over the the Waste Water Treatment plant (sewer plant). They run it through a series of thingofabobs with the intent to separate everything from the water. The water is returned to the nearby river. The rest is trucked out to a land fill, is my understanding. The methane gas is now piped over to a nearby power plant or burned off.
I don't know if you will read this message but I need help from an expert...in Greece they say that a tank is unreplacable and if you reach the point of emptying it every 6 or 2 months you just have to push through...this was said by the expert paid to actually come and do the job....my ignorant question is, how is it possible to not be able to replace the system? And if the tank collapsed because of roots or whatever? If you're so kind to reply I'd really like to know any info or how to move, thanks eitherway!
Should you use RID-X and if not what should you use to keep septic tank in good working order???
"Now pumping out your septic system is _never_ a pleasant job."
Me: "Haha, that's why I pay somebody else to do it dummy."
The pikachu profile pic really sells this.
So did they, they were just saying it sucks to do it.