Got my septic tank pumped yesterday… after having a little water in my basement. I don’t know how it could be the water in the basement wasn’t disgusting but the events that overloaded the system were clean- laundry and filling/draining a ginormous bathtub 3x in a week. Thankfully there was nothing resembling sewage.
So anyway, had two contractors over and both said right away the drain field is shot. Not surprised, it’s 30 years old. One estimate, off the cuff was $15-20k for a new system.
Pumping only cost $200. I could pump the system 4x year for 25 years for the cost of replacement.
So why would I put in a new one?