SB: Re: Septics..

["GuyW" <guyiii@home.com>]

Andy...this venting confuses me...septic systems are "septic" because they
are anaerobic (no air), I don't think they work as well with air.

-Guy-

> Not strictly anything to do with straw but I thought that this might help
> out another septic field owner.
>
> Our house has a modern septic field, installed about six years ago.  The
> previous owner used a 3" plastic waste pipe as the vent from the holding
> tank.  However some mornings the vent was making the garden smell a bit
> "pungent" shall we say so.
>
> It is possible to buy vent stack filters from various resellers, and most
> seem to be filled with activated charcoal.  After looking at a few options
I
> decided to try and build a filter of my own.
>
> I went to the local hardware store and bought about three square feet of
> plastic screen mesh.  I rolled it up into a tube less than three inches in
> diameter (three feet long) and sealed the bottom with a piece of twisted
> wire from a coat hanger.  For $6 I bought a bag of charcoal briquettes for
a
> BBQ.  Some of the little nuggets I crushed, others I didn't.  I filled the
> mesh tube, lowered it into the vent pipe and secured it with a couple of
> other 3" pipe fittings.  Total cost $18 Canadian.
>
> It has been installed now for a month and the vent has been completely
odor
> free.  I don't know how long the charcoal will last however I have enough
to
> refill the mesh tube about three times.  I am lucky that I was able to
drop
> the mesh tube into the vent.  If you have a much smaller diameter tube I
am
> sure you could make something that sits on top.  Have a look around at
your
> local recycling depot.
>
> A pretty cheap fix.
>
> Regds
>
> Andy
>
>
> Andy Higgs
> (wntrblt@telusplanet.net)
> In fragrant Harvie Heights, Alberta, Canada
>
>
>
>
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