Video shows how to find the septic tank:

Here we list videos that assist home owners, home inspectors, and septic contractors in the basic tasks of septic system inspection and septic tank location or septic leach field or drainfield location.

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Septic System Videos Describe How to Find the Septic Tank, Drainfield, and Septic Pumpi

This video series illustrates walking an entire homesite to find where the septic tank, fields, and in this case also a tank alarm could possibly be located, where the components are actually located, and where they would not be expected to be found - all based on simple visual observation, with no digging and no special tools.

Below we provide links to 5 web pages, each providing a YouTube video on a sequence of steps that show you, in complete detail, how to find the septic tank and septic drainfield by walking a home or building site site.

4 Detailed Videos: How to Find the Septic Tank & Drainfield in seven minutes.

Walking a older homesite gives visual clues to the location of septic tank and drainfield & how to find a septic tank alarm system (if present).

We find the septic tank and identify it as using a septic pump. This four-step "find the septic tank" video will help you find the most-likely location for septic system components by outdoor inspection when there is no obvious septic tank or drainfield visual clue such as a cleanout pipe or cover.

InspectApedia has additional tips for finding the septic tank and drainfields including starting with some clues indoors.

The 7-minute video above can also be viewed in segments along with detailed explanatory text found at the following web articles:

• Septic 101 Video PART 1: VIDEO on HOW to FIND THE SEPTIC SYSTEM [web page] (How to Find the Septic Tank) Daniel thinks out loud while walking an 18 year old homesite in northern Minnesota while searching for the septic system and its components.
  
  Simple visual observations tell us where the septic tank and fields might be, where they are unlikely to be, and where they certainly would not be expected to be found.
  
  We find the septic tank, its cleanout port, and we see an electrical box which means that a septic pump installed. We begin discussing what kind of septic system is likely to be installed at a lakefront homesite.
• Septic 101 Video PART 2: VIDEO on WHERE COULD a SEPTIC DRAINFIELD POSSIBLY be LOCATED?  [web page] (How to Find the Septic Drainfield) Daniel continues commenting about the meaning of site observations as we follow the site back to where the drainfield might or might not be.
• Septic 101 Video PART 3: Video on DECIDING the SEPTIC DRAINFIELD LOCATION. [web page] (Deciding the Probable Drainfield Location by Visual Inspection) Based simply on visual site observations and the age of the home, we conclude the almost-certain location of the septic drainfield for this lakefront property. (The property owner later confirmed that we were correct.)
• Septic 101 Video PART 4: Video on WHY the SEPTIC DRAINFIELD IS NOT IN the FRONT YARD.  [web page] (Noticing where we would not expect a septic tank or drainfield to be located) Daniel explains why, even though it looks like a good area, the septic drainfield would not be installed in the front yard of this home. Spotting the well casing.
• Septic 101 Video PART 5: SEPTIC TANK & PUMP ALARM TEST VIDEO: [web page] What does a septic tank alarm or septic pump alarm look like, what does a septic pump alarm sound like, and how do septic alarms work?
• DRAINFIELD PIPE LOCATION, PRECISE [web page] describes using special equipment to get an exact mapping of buried septic tanks, pipes, leachfield lines, etc.
• SEPTIC PUMP ALARM VIDEO [Video link] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLgsyHrP71Q&list=PL2920CD95C96E0CC8

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Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs

On 2018-08-01 - by (mod) -

Roseann

See the approaches described beginning at SEPTIC TANK, HOW TO FIND https://inspectapedia.com/septic/Septic_Tank_Find.php

On 2018-08-01 by Roseann

Can a over flow septic tank be connected to the main pipe

On 2018-08-01 by Anonymous

tank

On 2018-08-01 by Roseann

Want to know how to find a over flow septic tank

On 2017-04-08 - by (mod) -

SEPTIC D-BOX LOCATION - how to find the D-box - is at https://inspectapedia.com/septic/Septic_D-Box.php

On 2017-04-08 by Jason

How to locate d box,how far from septic tank??asap please

On 2017-04-06 - by (mod) -

Rob,

Unfortunately, probing to locate a septic tank is not reliable since in some locations the septic tank top could be four or more feet below the ground surface. It might help if you knew how deep tanks are usually buried where you live

On 2017-04-05 by Rob

House built in 63 can't locate I can see old well cover but was told new well was put in no records I'm near area how deep can cover be have been probing some almost one foot

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