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RE: plumbing question

To: <LBC286@aol.com>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: plumbing question
From: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:58:17 -0700
Speaking of sewers and French drains, I once had a house with a septic system 
that had room for only half of the code-required leach lines. (It was 
grandfathered in.) The septic inspector, off the record, actually recommended 
that I put in a gray water system for a shower and sink.  

The point of all this: The system he recommended and I installed was a little 
more than a hole with rocks. It was a bigger hole with a buried plastic trash 
can surrounded with rocks. The trash can gives it a bit more longevity by 
providing a cleanable container to collect the junk that goes out the drain. 

I bought a reasonably large plastic trash can with lid, drilled hundreds of 
holes in the sides, including a 4" one for the waste pipe, then buried it in 
drain rock. For insurance, I built a PVC support in the center of the can to 
keep the lid from caving in when people walked on it. 

Ken Landaiche

-----Original Message-----
From: ext LBC286@aol.com [mailto:LBC286@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/11/02 12:14:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pethier@isd.net 
writes:


> No, this is not a plumbing question.  This is a sewer question.  In my job,
> I deal with sewer questions.  The building inspectors deal with plumbing
> questions.  The difference is whether you are inside or outside the
> foundation.

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I will be dealing with a similar project in the next few months.  In my 
garage there is no sink.  I can run water out there pretty easily, and I was 
thinking of just using a French drain for the sink.  Dig a hole, throw in 
some rocks, run the drain pipe into the hole.  The sink will be used for hand 
washing, maybe some paint brush rinsing, stuff like that.  I would not be 
pouring old oil down the drain, that goes to the recycler.

Can you think of any problems with a French drain in this application?  It's 
a heckuva lot easier than dealing with a sewer line.

Allen Hefner

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