How Do You Lay Residential Sewer Pipes?
Whether you connect to a public sewer line or a private septic system, your septic drainage system is an important element to your home value and to comfortable living. It is the guts and intestines of your home. With the added challenge of digging a 10 foot deep trench with an excavator, laying sewer pipe is a difficult job for the amateur plumber, but it is an achievable challenge. Expert services should be sought, a septic design plan laid out, pipe material and tools selected, and the appropriate building permits and soil tests in hand. Know your local codes and regulations. Design your septic plan (aka, drain waste and vent system, or DMV) so that the pitch of the sewer pipe you plan to lay will allow for proper drainage via gravity. Consider the soil type in which you will lay the sewer pipe; i.e., sandy, overly wet, clay. Pitch and soil type are factors in how you will trench. Select pipe material: plastic (PVC often preferred over ABS), cast iron, clay or cement. You can also u
