Leaching Field Riser Locations

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Leaching Field Riser Locations

Author: 560SL (NC)

I have a septic system and I am aware of where the septic tank is but the diagram I have from when the system was installed shows three septic field risers. The diagram shows the system laid out as one long 540' snaked system a 4" riser at 180' another 4" riser at 100' and a final 5" riser at 120' followed by another 140' to the end with no riser.

The diagram is just a hand sketch with no dimensions to locate anything and is certainly not to any scale. Is there a good way to find these risers.

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Re: Leaching Field Riser Locations
Author: hj (AZ) I would not even count on them being installed, since it would be very unusual to have them.
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Re: Leaching Field Riser Locations
Author: 560SL (NC) That might explain why I cant find anything on the web about locating these. The map I have shows a "\\" line at each point and labels it a Rise. The Legend below from the county calls a "\\" a step down. The reason I want to find these is they will be good key reference pints to figure out the rest of the layout so I know were to be careful with an irrigation system.
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Re: Leaching Field Riser Locations
Author: hj (AZ) HOW DEEP are you installing the system. usually the leach lines are MUCH deeper than any irrigation line would be.
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Re: Leaching Field Riser Locations
Author: 560SL (NC) I'm installing the irrigation lines at 8" The specs for my system state 8 to 16" soil cover but last year I added soil to level the yard.
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