can i run a sewer line 200 ft from my house to the septic tank?
i have an existing septic system but im moving my house 200 feet away from the existing septic tank is it ok and how much will i need to pitch it
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- 1-2 inches slope for 8 foot of pipe.....u have 200.....8 goes into 200 25 times......so u need 25' to 50' of slope on 200 ' of pipe
- Code now requires 1\4 inch per foot. That's 2 percent. 200 feet of line will require 50 inches of drop. When I plumbed in Texas in the '70's, we ran lines at a drop of 1" per 10 foot. If you do that, that'll only be 20 inches of drop. But stick with the 1\4 inch per foot if you can. That means you tank may have to be pretty deep.
- If you live in a warm climate year round, then you may get away with the distance you're contemplating without too much problem. However, I've recently had to deal with a system where the tank is just over 75' away from the house and in Mich. where the temps. fluctuate quite a bit between winter and summer, making the ground heave and drop each spring and fall. When the ground does that anything buried in it also goes up and down. The pipe going to the tank in this home had cracked and broken in at least two different places, causing a lot of plugging and back up problems, before we finally diagnosed the problem and got it repaired. So, just a thought. If you're going to all the trouble of having a house moved, then it may not be out of line to think about having the septic moved as well.
- 1/4 pitch of fall per linear foot is all that is required up to 4in pipe.... remember your sewer clean outs every 75ft. this will allow easy cleaning of your main sewer line if and when it backs up -
