Do Floor Drains Run To Septic
To me these lines should have never have been run to the septic.
Do floor drains run to septic. Are you sure that you do not have a cistern for collection of water to be used for watering the grass etc. Basement floor drains don t get a lot of attention until the sewer backs up or the basement smells like an outhouse. It will wash the waste of the septic system out into the drain field and plug it. A real bozo no no.
Septic safe drain clog remover systems like carefree septic treatment are designed to eat away grease hair paper food soap scum and other organic matter that typically cause build up on drain. The waste pipe must maintain a minimum 1 4 inch per foot slope at every point along its path to the septic tank. The first extends from the house the system services to the tank where the waste separates and. It takes two runs of pipe to make a septic system.
I recently learned that our basement floor drains are connected to our septic tank lateral field. Similarly the vent pipe must maintain the same minimum slope toward the toilet drain. You absolutely do not want to put the floor drains foundation water or gutter rain water into the septic system.