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Septic tank replacement in St. Augustine on lots with several generations of plumbing
Replacing a tank on an old St. Augustine lot means working out which structure is the working tank and what else is buried beside it before anything is dug.
Septic Tank Replacement in St. Augustine
- 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
An old St. Augustine property can hide a tank piped past an older tank, a cistern, a dug well and a drain line nobody mapped, and a replacement starts by locating all of it. The new tank is sized to the house, sited to the current setbacks from any well and the property line, set with risers, and inspected by the county health department. Old wells found in the process are plugged under their own permit.
Modern loads on old fields are the reason the field is inspected before the new tank is connected.
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
What if an old well is found beside the tank?
It is plugged under an abandonment permit as part of the job. It cannot be left open.
Who permits the new tank?
The St. Johns County health department, which also permits the well.
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