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Septic tank replacement in Atlantic Beach where roots have opened the tank
Under the Atlantic Beach oaks a tank fails by being pried apart, and the replacement is sited and sealed with the trees in mind.
Septic Tank Replacement in Atlantic Beach
- County
- Duval County
- Permit
- County environmental health office
- Tank
- Concrete or polyethylene, sized to the bedroom count
- Old tank
- Crushed and filled, or removed
- Hours
- 7 days a week, 7am to 9pm
What changes in Atlantic Beach
Oak roots get into an Atlantic Beach tank through the lid seal, the inlet joint and the outlet, and over decades they crack the concrete they grew into. When a tank has opened up that way it is replaced rather than patched, and the new one is set with sealed risers and sealed pipe joints, and sited as far from the trunks as the lot's setbacks allow, because the roots that killed the old tank are still there.
The distribution box and the field are inspected before the new tank is connected, since roots that reached the tank have usually reached them too.
How the job runs
How a tank is replaced
The failed tank is pumped and inspected so the replacement is quoted from what is seen. The permit is filed with the county environmental health office, with the new tank sized to the bedroom count. The drain field is inspected honestly before the new tank is connected to it. The new tank, precast concrete or polyethylene depending on access and groundwater, is set level with risers to grade and inlet and outlet connected. The old tank is pumped, crushed and filled, or removed. The county inspects before backfill and the record is closed. Financing through Hearth is available.
Straight answers
Septic Tank Replacement questions from Atlantic Beach
Can a root-cracked tank be repaired?
Not reliably. A cracked wall lets groundwater in and roots back. It is replaced and sealed.
Will the roots come back?
They will try. Sealed risers and joints on the new tank, and a look at the field, are the defence.
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