So we are rural and have a septic ejector setup. Essentially a 1-1/4" poly pipe comes into our house from the filtered size of the septic tank and a monarch 1/3hp effluent pump pumps it out to a standoff in our yard.
The standoff is what looks to be a 4" PVC pipe inside a 5" PVC pipe (casing like a well?). On the top is a cap with a 3/4" PVC 90* elbow coming out of it. If I pull the screwed on cap off, the elbow is connected to a length of 3/4" PVC pipe that drops down into the 4" pipe like 8' or so. I can only imagine the 1-1/4" poly pipe connects into the bottom of this 4" PVC pipe and just fills it up until it reaches the top and then it just flows out the elbow.
The water just dumps out of this and is destroying the ground around it. The grass is obviously loving it, but immediately around it is just mud and erosion. I'm hoping I can connect another poly pipe to it in the summer months and run this water into one of our tree lines (50' away) and then drill holes in the line the full length of the tree line(100') so it weeps out down the row and waters/fertilizes the trees.
See any issues with doing this? My biggest fear would be if the current effluent pump can't handle the increased stress of pumping it another 50-150'? I do have a new 1/2hp effluent pump I could swap to if need be.
Any suggestions on poly pipe sizing? Would a 1" pipe be sufficient or should I be looking larger? Any guesses on hole sizing for drilling weeping holes into a 1" pipe over a 100' length?
The 4" pipe has a piece broken off the lip and the cap is damaged as well so the seal can't be the greatest. I can cut a little off the length of the 4" pipe to clean up the lip. I'm looking to replace the cap, but I can't find anything similar in stores. I could just use a 4" PVC bushing that reduces down to 3/4" and run the existing pipe out of that. Would that be the best bet?
Do I need the 3/4" line that runs down into the 4" pipe? I'm not exactly sure what that's gaining me or if I just ditch it and connect an elbow to the bushing and remove the 3/4" pipe all together.
Thanks so much for any feedback or suggestions!
The standoff is what looks to be a 4" PVC pipe inside a 5" PVC pipe (casing like a well?). On the top is a cap with a 3/4" PVC 90* elbow coming out of it. If I pull the screwed on cap off, the elbow is connected to a length of 3/4" PVC pipe that drops down into the 4" pipe like 8' or so. I can only imagine the 1-1/4" poly pipe connects into the bottom of this 4" PVC pipe and just fills it up until it reaches the top and then it just flows out the elbow.
The water just dumps out of this and is destroying the ground around it. The grass is obviously loving it, but immediately around it is just mud and erosion. I'm hoping I can connect another poly pipe to it in the summer months and run this water into one of our tree lines (50' away) and then drill holes in the line the full length of the tree line(100') so it weeps out down the row and waters/fertilizes the trees.
See any issues with doing this? My biggest fear would be if the current effluent pump can't handle the increased stress of pumping it another 50-150'? I do have a new 1/2hp effluent pump I could swap to if need be.
Any suggestions on poly pipe sizing? Would a 1" pipe be sufficient or should I be looking larger? Any guesses on hole sizing for drilling weeping holes into a 1" pipe over a 100' length?
The 4" pipe has a piece broken off the lip and the cap is damaged as well so the seal can't be the greatest. I can cut a little off the length of the 4" pipe to clean up the lip. I'm looking to replace the cap, but I can't find anything similar in stores. I could just use a 4" PVC bushing that reduces down to 3/4" and run the existing pipe out of that. Would that be the best bet?
Do I need the 3/4" line that runs down into the 4" pipe? I'm not exactly sure what that's gaining me or if I just ditch it and connect an elbow to the bushing and remove the 3/4" pipe all together.
Thanks so much for any feedback or suggestions!