In this article we will focus on the question of how to locate your drain field. It was a very challenging four years of your life. When you moved out of the house where you grew up in, you eliminated your comfort zone and started to face the world. It was the stage of your life when you started your complete independence even if your parents paid for your tuition and for your apartment. When you told your parents that you would be okay if you paid for your own apartment, they disagreed. They wanted to make sure that you’re okay up to the day you graduated or decided to move because of a job offer. Until that very day, your parents wanted to take care of you mainly because you were their only son.
Graduation—The start of life in the real world. As a graduate, you were supposed to face life with everything you had already. During the first few months of your training, your boss was very pleased with your performance. Because of this, you were able to have your own apartment-style home near your work area. You told your parents that this would be the perfect chance for you to really start your own life independently. Of course, your parents still said that they would always be there for you if ever you needed them.
The owner of the house talked to you about everything that you had to do to maintain it. He said that like a homeowner, you should be responsible for everything about the house. The rest was reasonable and included the electric, water, cable, and Internet use. You had your mobile phone so you didn’t need a phone line anymore. The only thing that you had to spend for that was not included in the rent was the septic system maintenance. In doing so, you had to know how to locate your drain field and septic system.
In locating the drain field, you consulted the Internet. The reference that you read told you that the first thing you should do was to consult the blueprint of your home. The owner of the house already lost the blueprint and told you that you could go and check the records of the house in the environmental and health department. They should be able to provide a copy because they were the one who issued permits to everyone who had septic systems installed in the area. But the best thing that you could do was to consult the area’s septic expert. You called the septic expert’s number that the owner gave you. When the septic expert arrived, you immediately told him that you had a copy of the property’s blueprint. When he looked at it, it was not accurate because he said that they had to make alterations on the septic system’s installation.
The septic expert told you that in cases like yours, you had to rely on the grass that grew over the drain field to really locate it. If the grass over that part of the property is dry, then the drain field was in good condition and was well-maintained. If the grass over the area is soggy, then there could be a heavy clog, backup, or even failure in the drain field. In your drain field’s case, the drain field had dry grass over it so it was pretty easy to spot. After the short lesson, the septic expert informed you of the scheduled pumping out. It was to be done after two years so you had time to save for it. All you had to do was set aside a certain amount for the monthly treatments and you were all set.
It was absolutely great to have your own space to take care of. Having a small home like that helped you get really started on the life that you have always wanted. You didn’t even have to hire a housekeeper because you could easily clean it during the weekends. You told your mother that she didn’t have to drive to your home just to clean it. It seemed like even if you’re all grown up, you would always be the most precious child in the world. In the back of your mind you would always know that you knew how to locate your drain field.