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Septic tank replacement in Mandarin for fifty-year-old tanks, unless the sewer is closer
A Mandarin ranch house's original tank is replaced under permit, after the county has confirmed the JEA line down the road is not close enough to require connection.
Septic Tank Replacement in Mandarin
- 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 Mandarin
The 1970s tanks under Mandarin are reaching the end, and a replacement starts with the sewer question: the county checks whether an active JEA line is within reach before permitting a new system. Where it is not, the new tank is sized to the house, set with risers, and connected to the existing field where the field is sound. Where the field has sealed after decades of nightly irrigation, the quote says so.
Concrete is the default under Mandarin's oaks; the tank is set clear of the trunks and the joints are sealed against the roots that got into the old one.
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 Mandarin
Will Mandarin be forced onto sewer?
Only if an active line is within the distance the county uses. It is checked first.
Can the old field stay?
If it is accepting flow and the distribution box is level, yes. It is inspected before the tank is connected.
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