[Ede Smith]

It will eventually rust out though being steel. I don’t know how long it will take.

 

[Ede Smith]

Put a wishing well over it, then use the coins to buy yourself a beer 🍺

I’ll leave that too the guy that pump the septic.

 

[Ede Smith]

google septic tank extensions. The 24" ones I bought were less than $40 a piece. (BC)






(BC) before covid

I am pricing the riser with tank adapter along with lid around $250. $40-100 sounds more reasonable if that was the total cost.

 

[Ede Smith]

I agree. Manufactured risers are too cheap not to use. I think I paid $60 each for mine at my rental cabin a few years ago. Reinventing the wheel without spokes seems to be counter productive.

Any idea what your total cost came out to be?

 

[Ede Smith]

I spoke with someone who sold septic products and he said a steel one will corrode from the sewer gases and advised applying an asphalt coating on the inside.

I am however, leaning towards a commercially engineered product after much thought.

 

[Ede Smith]

Well yesterday I broke down and bought a tuf-tite kit from a septic company 40 minutes away from me for $200.

Kit includes:
1” Tank adapter (base)
12” riser
6” riser
1” Lid
butyl sealing rope ( no anchors are needed for this system)
hex head screws The girls at the front office grabbed them from the back after I asked for them. They are supposed to be stainless so I hope they are the right ones. Looks like I probably will still need some stainless lid screws.

This leads me with two choices as my ground height is about 15 to16” from septic tank to surface.

1) 14” total height with one riser meaning lid would be 1-2” underground.
2) 20” so 4” above ground.

Do folks that install these bury them or leave them proud or try to get them flush to the ground?

If it’s buried a few inches, what should I put on top? Looking for some landscaping ideas here as this is in my lawn.

 

[Ede Smith]

Did your supplier furnish the screws? They should be beveled stainless steel screws for the lid with one security screw for the side.

I had to order the correct stainless pan head off eBay. Thanks

 

[Ede Smith]

Finished this awhile back.
I think I did alright.

 

[Ede Smith]

Great job.
protect it from lawn equipment however you want.

Build a moveable wishing well to put over it.
a small diameter zen style rock garden....
anything or nothing....
congrats on the neat job.

Thank you