Highbeam said:In the olden days, the laundry dumped into a drywell. Modern systems take that sewage, yes it is sewage, and put it in the septic system. Since the front loaders have come out the impact is greatly diminished, mine only uses 7 gallons per large load. Our biggest impact on the septic is now showers at 2 gpm for 15 minutes we are dumping 30 gallons of water down the drain.
I don't have a lint filter, have never seen one. Seems like a great way to flood your laundry room with wash water when that thing clogs. Our old gravity sepitc tank is equipped with an outlet filter which I highly recommend for anyone.
BucksCounty said:Ours dumps into the septic. Home inspector told us to get lint traps to prevent clogging leach field. We were home (luckily) when the drain began overflowing after only 2 months. Previous owners had a lot of work done on leach fields prior to us buying house, so I want to keep the lint out. Amazing how much lint is caught in the traps...we do average of 3 loads a week.
ChipTam said:Laundry directly into the septic without any filters. No problems. But, only two of us using the system, it's only 5 years old, and it's only used 5 months a year. I don't use bleach. I was told bleach kills off the good bacteria necessary to break down the waste. However, I've heard others say that one poop and all the necessary bacteria is right back in the system. Does anyone know which theory is correct?
ChipTam
firefighterjake said:but just to be safe I'll keep pooping away to be sure the bacteria are happy.
Highbeam said:Check out the filtrol 160. I haven't used it but it looks better than a silly sock clamped onto the end of your drain hose.
ChipTam said:Does anyone know which theory is correct?
ChipTam
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