Tiver43809
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I just finished building my house, the plumber/electrician I hired wasn't all that as the saying goes. I won't go into all the issues but this one. He did not cover his trenches he said he thought I would do it with my blade on my tractor. Anyway, from the house to the septic is 95 feet. I need to use the backhoe and dig up the pit as he does not have it installed correctly and the pump itself is sitting on a huge angle, the pit is level but it seems he shorted himself with pipe and now that it is connected the front of the pump is up about 3 inches. He has the pipe going to the septic under grade until right before the septic then he has a 45 going up about 2 feet then another angle to level it off and go into the tank. I also found out that he does not have a dedicated circuit for the pump, we plugged something into a gfi on the porch and it blew the gfi which in turn shut down the pump and alarm. Finally my questions. Since I need to dig up the pit and make sure the pump sits level and put in a dedicated circuit this weekend. 1, Should the check valve be close to the pump or closer to the septic tank? 2, should I leave that rise near the septic tank or repipe and do a more gradual rise? Last where should I install a gate valve? He did not install one and from what I have read he should have. I would think that would be close to the pit in case I need to replace the pump there would be a way not to have the waste end up in my lap.
Thank you for reading my rambling question and if you need any other info please let me know.
Terry in Tennessee
Thank you for reading my rambling question and if you need any other info please let me know.
Terry in Tennessee