"Val" wrote in message
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"Jangchub" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:52:31 -0600, "Dioclese" NONE wrote:
I live in Austin, Texas where the soil is either deep or 5" deep with
solid limestone and caliche and there are a ton of fiberglass pools
installed every year all over the place. Those fiberglass structures
are many times more resilient than metal and aren't little flimsy,
thinly made tanks. They are very strong.
Victoria


Yes, you are absolutely right Victoria, they are *very* strong. It's also
not legal to install a 'damaged or repaired' fiberglass septic tank for
it's originally intended purpose even if they are technically as good as
new so there goes ol brooklyn1's flat tire theory.

You can prove your theory?

Certainly you can't install an obviously damaged tank but you certainly can
install one that's been properly repaired, the same as one can drive down
the interstate on a patched tire. Fiberglass vessels are of laid up
constructrion, there is no way to tell whether they're patched... the entire
thing brand new is one big patch upon patch upon patch. And if a fiberglass
septic tank is damaged so badly that it can't be patched well enough to use
as a septic tank than it can't be patched well enough to hold liquid for any
purpose. And most all fiberglass septic tanks are designed to rely on the
rigidity afforded by being buried totally or in part, brand new they're not
safe to use totally above ground... they also need to be buried to protect
them from UV and freezing. Typically fiberglass septic tanks don't get
buried below grade, preferably a berm is built, of specified materials, that
covers and supports the tank. Just two years ago my neighbor across the
road built a new house and tried every which way to get around paying the
$40,000 it cost to place the tank and leach field etc. into a berm above
grade. Where I live the codes have recently become very strict regarding
septic system installation but I've never seen any code that says a
fiberglass tank cannot have been repaired before installation or after
installation. In many instances cesspools are installed, laid up block
cesspools are still permited in some areas... many folks still install
drywells, you can still buy a simple plastic dry well at Home Depot or make
one of a 55 gallon steel drum, or whatever. You can't make a blanket
statement saying what the laws are regarding septic systems, every
jurisdiction has different codes, and every installation is different...
every municipality has different building codes (some have none) so don't go
making stuff up.

Where I live there are lots of wetlands, most everyone including moi has
more than a few acres of wetlands, talk about strict, now we're taking
Federal laws. I never saw a word about repaired fiberglass septic tanks and
I happen to keep up on that stuff. I love living with wet lands, not five
minutes ago I looked out my window and this is why:
http://i43.tinypic.com/334oiur.jpg