Septic System: Rural Property

[175gr7.62]

Question for the GS:

This kinda ties into my remodeling question. The property I bought has one permanent house on it and my mother used to have a mobile home on it also. The 5 ac spot the mobile home was on was deeded to her and it had a septic system on it. That 5 acres was subsequently deeded back to my grandfather.

While we are in the transition to redo the main house I bought a fairly nice mobile home to live in while we are doing all the work. I tied it into the old septic system where the original mobile home was.

Here is my question, if I want to make the 5 acre spot into a permanent dwelling that could be "separated" from the main property am I going to have to put a full blown aerobic system in or since it once was a home site and has a septic system can it remain a septic system?

[jrfan]

You should be able to keep it a septic system as long as you are not making major modifications/repairs to the septic system itself. Once you start working on the system they will usually require you to update it to aerobic.

[Traildust]

I don't know....but do everything you can to avoid putting in a dam aerobic system!

[travlinman]

I don't know....but do everything you can to avoid putting in a dam aerobic system!

Second that!

[BURTONboy]

If it's big enough and in good working shape I don't know why they would require you to do anything other than maybe have it inspected.

[RiverRat1]

Depends on the County. Some require an inspection even if you are currently using one say with a mobile home and upgrade to a new mobile home.

[deerplanter]

As stated above this is a county requirement and not all are the same. I have had 3 aerobic system and one with a leech field I prefer the aerobic system and have yet to have any major issues. I have had to rebuild the little compressor a couple of times but parts are about 30 bucks and takes about 30 minutes.

[randal]

Depends on the county, I went with aerobic because my soil wouldnt allow a conventional.. my buddy said a while back Ellis county made everyone in the county go to aerobic no matter if you had a conventional for a moth or 30 years.. don't remember how much time was allowed to get it done..

[Mike D]

As already stated it’s county specific. If you call the county courthouse inspections department they can tell you what the requirements are.


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[tps7742]

Assuming it works fine, how rural you are, sometimes it’s best to let a sleeping dog lie.

[apkleinschmidt]

Definitely call your County environmental department and check. I used to work for a County Attorney and had to occasionally do legal work on septic violations for the environmental department. I can almost assure you any modifications will require you to get up to current county specs.

But, I also know a lot of folks did their own septic work and flew under the radar.

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[kruppa24]

Assuming it works fine, how rural you are, sometimes it’s best to let a sleeping dog lie.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[friscopaint]

Assuming it works fine, how rural you are, sometimes it’s best to let a sleeping dog lie.

Bingo

[Bowdark]

Assuming it works fine, how rural you are, sometimes it’s best to let a sleeping dog lie.

This.

[BrianL]

If you have clay aerobic if you have sand conventional. I haven't had many issues with my aerobic. I converted it to a liquid bleach instead of tabs. Rebuilt pump one time. Had some corrosion issues, but that was installers fault, not the system.