Locate Septic Tank Access Points — Assess Septic Tank

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Septic Tank Pumping · Step 1 of 9

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The first step involves carefully locating the buried inlet and outlet access lids of the septic tank. This typically requires probing the ground and then digging to expose the lids. The video shows the process of excavating the soil to reveal these access points. Special care must be taken to avoid damaging any existing buried utility lines or irrigation systems during excavation.

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customer gave us a call they want to have their septic tank inspected before they finish closing on the home found the inlet side pretty easy pumped open the lid and it looks like there's a couple of wipes floating around but nothing too out of the ordinary for this scum layer found the outlet side and looks like the irrigation guys found exactly where the outlet satellite is thanks guys we tried to shimmy off the outlet side lid the best we could without breaking the irrigation line and Tada we're in now that we got both

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Locate Septic Tank Access Points — Assess Septic Tank

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Septic Tank Pumping · Step 1 of 9

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The first step involves carefully locating the buried inlet and outlet access lids of the septic tank. This typically requires probing the ground and then digging to expose the lids. The video shows the process of excavating the soil to reveal these access points. Special care must be taken to avoid damaging any existing buried utility lines or irrigation systems during excavation.

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customer gave us a call they want to have their septic tank inspected before they finish closing on the home found the inlet side pretty easy pumped open the lid and it looks like there's a couple of wipes floating around but nothing too out of the ordinary for this scum layer found the outlet side and looks like the irrigation guys found exactly where the outlet satellite is thanks guys we tried to shimmy off the outlet side lid the best we could without breaking the irrigation line and Tada we're in now that we got both

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