ddmoit
New Member
Shortly after moving into our current house back in June, the drains started slowing down. It soon got to the point where we couldn't use them. A fantastic plumber investigated our problem and quickly (7 minutes!) determined that although we are on the city sewer, all of our waste goes to an old septic tank. From there is is pumped out by a submersible pump out to the city sewer. The pump quit working.
None of this setup was disclosed to us by the seller. We had no idea that a pump was hooked up to our electricity, or that an old septic tank was being used as a lift station tank.
I had the plumber restore things pretty much the way they were. I have a new submersible pump in my former septic tank. The hatch is buried about 3 ft. below the lawn surface (fortunately it's very sandy and easy to dig).
I was told by the plumber that our sewer line out of the house is below the city sewer line so it would not be feasible to connect directly to the city sewer - at least not the plumbing in the basement. All of our sewer leaves the house through one pipe, so I'm not currently interested in trying to run the main level out to the city sewer separately (The house is a ranch with a walkout basement).
Has anyone heard of such a set-up? Does anyone have any ideas about how I might improve my situation? It seems like I'm just sitting here, waiting for the pump to fail again, and go undiscovered until the drains don't work.
None of this setup was disclosed to us by the seller. We had no idea that a pump was hooked up to our electricity, or that an old septic tank was being used as a lift station tank.
I had the plumber restore things pretty much the way they were. I have a new submersible pump in my former septic tank. The hatch is buried about 3 ft. below the lawn surface (fortunately it's very sandy and easy to dig).
I was told by the plumber that our sewer line out of the house is below the city sewer line so it would not be feasible to connect directly to the city sewer - at least not the plumbing in the basement. All of our sewer leaves the house through one pipe, so I'm not currently interested in trying to run the main level out to the city sewer separately (The house is a ranch with a walkout basement).
Has anyone heard of such a set-up? Does anyone have any ideas about how I might improve my situation? It seems like I'm just sitting here, waiting for the pump to fail again, and go undiscovered until the drains don't work.