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Septic tank replacement in St. Augustine Beach where the answer is a mound
On the island a replacement tank is often only half the job, because the water table leaves no room for a buried field and the county requires a mound with a pump.
Septic Tank Replacement in St. Augustine Beach
- County
- St. Johns 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 St. Augustine Beach
St. Augustine Beach replacements begin with a site evaluation and a look at the seasonal high water table, because a conventional field cannot be permitted where the separation beneath it does not exist. The new system is then a tank, a dosing chamber with a pump, float and alarm, and a mound of imported sand with the field inside it. The tank is set against flotation, and the electrical parts are specified for salt air.
Call Flamingo does the evaluation before the quote, so the first number is for the system the county will actually permit.
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 St. Augustine Beach
Why is a beach replacement so much more than a tank?
Because the water table usually rules out a buried field, and a mound with a pump is what the county permits.
Does a mound need more upkeep?
It has a pump, float and alarm a gravity system does not, and near the ocean they are checked on every pump out.
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