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Question: I have a question regarding a septic field problem that I am having. A few years ago, I installed electricity to a shed I have in the back corner of my lot. To get the electricity from the house to the shed, I dug a trench and laid down conduit running from the house to the shed. The problem.... I didn't realize until after I started, that the trench I was digging was running perpendicular across my septic field. The trench was about 15" deep, and while digging, I did come in contact with the crushed stone on top of the two field lines. Now, when we use a lot of water, the area where my trench and one of the field lines intersects gets, pretty damp and sometimes there is an odor. When I filled up the conduit trench after digging, I filled it with some of the gravel that came from the trench, but also with a lot of screened loam. (Probable ~8 of the 15 inches). I'm thinking that the problem is either a) the screened loam is not a great barrier from keeping drainage going down instead of up. b) maybe I damaged the field line Anybody have any experience fixing this sort of thing. Could I dig up the area where I'm having the problem and perhaps put a few inches of clay on top? Is this better left to a professional? Any experiences on how much something like this might cost (either replacing top soil, or perhaps clearing a field line blockage that may have occured). Any other suggestions on scenarios that may be causing the problem.
Answer: -Neither of those is your problem. Rather, your drain field has become clogged because you didn't pump your septic tank often enough. Get your tank pumped, reduce your water usage to the bare minimum, and cross your fingers. You may get lucky and it may recover, but probably not. -Try some peroxide in the drain field, it worked for me.
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