Tukaram (Tim) Posted March 7, 2013 Author Posted March 7, 2013 they are digging a hole for the waste. they say it never needs emptying... i dont understand the plumbing magic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 Tuka, I saw some pretty sweet looking 5 gal. buckets at True Value today. That and a US$25 plastic toilet seat (prolly worth $2) and you'll be living like them big shots in Beverly Hills! :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) Some pretty nice squirt water guns, too...for you bidet fans. Target practice and hygiene all at once! Lol Edited March 7, 2013 by Will 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i am bob Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 they are digging a hole for the waste. they say it never needs emptying... i dont understand the plumbing magic. They do need emptying but, if you do it right, not for a few years... Make sure that you have a good drainage field put in with that septic tank and get yourself some septic tank starter (a bacteria) like Septo-Bac to activate it with. This will hopefully eat the solids (use your imagination... hehe) sufficiently so that it will only need to be cleaned out every few years. And most of that cleaning will be your wet wipes if you continue to use them. Do yourself and favour and get the bucket. And if you need to, get some toilet paper for yourself. But get something that comes apart very easily when wet. And not the heavy heavy thick stuff. Hopefully the bacteria will eat most of this and will be run out of the tank as a liquid into your drainage field. They are putting in a drainage field, right? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 congrats, hope someday to do same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootleultras Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 Solids.........whats that like, cannot remeber the last time that happened for me!!! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibemarshall Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 *Note to Self #7...when packing the next box...throw in a couple of toilet seats - new preferred I am thinking...and when packing for the 'real move'...hand pick (the seat) 3 nice seats, comfy and all that and ship to PI...1 seat as primary...2nd seat as secondary...3rd seat as welcoming gift for a long suffering yet deserving Ex-Pat* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 *Note to Self #7...when packing the next box...throw in a couple of toilet seats - new preferred I am thinking...and when packing for the 'real move'...hand pick (the seat) 3 nice seats, comfy and all that and ship to PI...1 seat as primary...2nd seat as secondary...3rd seat as welcoming gift for a long suffering yet deserving Ex-Pat* Look on the bright side... at least you don't have to buy a HEATED SEAT like oh... say... BOB! Gets mighty cold up in the norther suburbs of the USA. Hey! Buy one of those oak wood seats! That will cause a seizure in the locals looking at it and the cost... but you can maybe have them custom made out of local wood then and you will be known as the Philippine King of crapper seats! :hystery: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbago Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 they are digging a hole for the waste. they say it never needs emptying... i dont understand the plumbing magic. They do need emptying but, if you do it right, not for a few years... Make sure that you have a good drainage field put in with that septic tank and get yourself some septic tank starter (a bacteria) like Septo-Bac to activate it with. This will hopefully eat the solids (use your imagination... hehe) sufficiently so that it will only need to be cleaned out every few years. And most of that cleaning will be your wet wipes if you continue to use them. Do yourself and favour and get the bucket. And if you need to, get some toilet paper for yourself. But get something that comes apart very easily when wet. And not the heavy heavy thick stuff. Hopefully the bacteria will eat most of this and will be run out of the tank as a liquid into your drainage field. They are putting in a drainage field, right? :rolleyes: They don't put in a drainage tile system here. The septic tank has no cement bottom. It goes all the way down to China and then comes back as plastic toys. Our tank is 8 years old and no clean out yet. No paper also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i am bob Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 They don't put in a drainage tile system here. The septic tank has no cement bottom. It goes all the way down to China and then comes back as plastic toys. Our tank is 8 years old and no clean out yet. No paper also. But are you on a well? You want the septic field away run away from your well so that you don't contaminate all your well water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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