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Nope

 

Yea it’s nice to have a chipping hammer close.

 

Or mulch ? If you can get it .

Cypher

 

All good here.

 

Mulch might help with all men in that house with Mikes cooking

 

Crockpot full of chili ,fireplace stoked (that’s a new word for us southerners) and this .....

 

Nope. Didn't even have 1 drink yesterday.

 

@Kolunatic Here they do French mound septics cause of the water table being so high. A friend of mine who was a GC home builder warned me of them when I was looking for a house ( I had never seen or heard of them till here) said they can freeze in these temps . And it is either wait till thaw or do a bon fire over the mound. Here in 93 we had the huge ice storm and several folks I know had some problems with the lift station etc. How about down there I do not recall seeing them around Austin but with this weather there are there likely to be a lot of frozen septic systems ?

Cypher

 

You mean aerobic?

Aerobics could freeze up if the heads are frozen they can’t spray. We have a conventional septic,what we call it. Gravity.

 

Was gonna use the bbq for some steaks but all valves are frozen.
Don’t know why..

 

We have this for the most part around here but inspectors are pushing aerobic

 

Build a fire....for the steaks, not the valves.

 

Thaw them out with torch

 

Yeup.
Light the deck right up.

 

Yea 3 stooges I’m not

 

Never will forget watching an old boss of mine bust out the glass window on water heater combustion chamber in order to light water heater with his torch.(dumbass) I said that didn’t look like a good idea,he gave me the “yea yea” he lost his eyebrows that day

 

The second one https://inspectapedia.com/septic/Septic_System_Design_Alternatives.php gravity I am used to the one you posted Is used here also but the mound is a round a lot here too no idea what drives the use besides the water table and not passing the perk test.

Cypher

 

My lived here before we married. She would try to dig a hole, hit rock a few inches down, and move on to the next place. I introduced her to a pick axe. She thinks it's the best thing ever invented. I do most of it now if she will let me know and not do it while I'm at work. I'll tell you more about the history of the house later.

Those may be a little too warm here for our one week of cold. Lol

 

Have only seen an air pump here in aerobic system where you have a sump pump but it sprays out thru sprinkler heads in the nighttime. Air pump aerates it in tank

 

Not much rock here (thank goodness) and no clay, either.