This week, the excavator finished his work.
Yesterday we had the old septic tank pumped out and he destroyed the old one by tapping on it with the bucket of his track hoe and smashing it to pieces...
He then dug out a larger, deeper hole for the new tank, which is three times the size of the old one. It was fun watching him...that bucket just seemed like an extension of his hand!
Early this morning the new tank arrived on a crane truck...
It was lowered into the hole...
...and centered to line up with the existing pipe from the house and the new pipe into the drain field...
(the crane operator has a nifty remote control in his hand that he used to maneuver the tank)
Once it was in place, the excavator hooked up all the plumbing and began covering the tank. It was only a short time that we couldn't run any water from the house. I put notes on the faucets and we put books on the toilet lids as reminders. I'm sure it wouldn't have been fun to be hooking things up, only to have some "not so clean" water come shooting out the pipe!
Everything has now been covered up, and we have a lovely dirt yard to play in...
Jim just finished going over it with the disc to get out the large clumps, and the landscaper has already been here to take a look at it and give an estimate for reseeding! He was only a mile or so away when he got my email that we were ready for him...how's that for quick service?
We aren't sure when all that will happen yet, because the dirt needs to settle around the tank for a while. Regardless of how long that takes, it sure is nice to be able to do laundry, take showers, wash dishes and know that we should be in good shape for many years to come!
