Septic Tank Drainfield Materials

Shop menards for septic tanks and septic drain field chambers that are available in a variety of styles and sizes to meet your project needs.

Septic tank drainfield materials.

Weather they are constructed using chambers pipe and stone type a or type b area beds or shallow buried trenches their function is the same. A geofabric or similar material is then placed on top of the trench so sand dirt and other contaminants do not. Drainfields are installed using a variety of construction techniques. We also carry a fiberglass 1000 gallon septic tank.

Every septic system except the cesspool has two distinct components. The most common cause of septic system problems and failure is their septic system absorption component more commonly known as a drainfield becoming. The name refers to the construction of the drainfield. A septic drain field a septic tank and associated piping compose a septic system.

Septic solutions carries infiltrator im series polyethylene septic tanks in 500 gallon 1000 gallon and 1500 gallon. A drain field is designed to allow liquid from the septic tank to absorb into the ground. Online orders and products purchased in store qualify for rebate redemption. Many people with septic system problems such as odor slow draining sinks and tubs gurgling pipes backups and sewage water ponding in their yard mistakenly assume the cause of these issues is their septic tank.

With this design effluent is piped from the septic tank to a shallow underground trench of stone or gravel. Building a septic drain field is time consuming but pays off in the long run. Septic tanks are reliant on the health of their bacteria population the soil content of their drain field and a functioning plumbing infrastructure. Unfortunately drain fields also known as leach fields do not last that long.

Mail in rebate is in the form of merchandise credit check valid in store only. The gravel stone drainfield is a design that has existed for decades. All of our septic tanks must be picked up at our illinois facility. Without these a septic tank is little more.

Septic tanks last from 15 to 30 years. This however is not true. Septic drain fields also called leach fields or leach drains are subsurface wastewater disposal facilities used to remove contaminants and impurities from the liquid that emerges after anaerobic digestion in a septic tank organic materials in the liquid are catabolized by a microbial ecosystem.