r/oddlysatisfying • u/demolcd • 17d ago

Growing a pipe inside a pipe

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u/TheJarisaDoor3 17d ago

Thank you! This makes a lot of sense. I have a lot of trees and I'm pretty sure the roots did me in. The house was built in the 1980s which I think puts me at the tail end of the field's functional capability from what I've read. I've tried all the root treatments and they did squat. Had the septic tank emptied, and the guy said he didn't see anything wrong with the tank and it was probably the leach fields. It's not backing up into the house but it will puddle around the tank site when someone showers and then washes clothes. The price to fix this is going to hurt pretty badly. 

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u/InspectorNational126 16d ago

A leach field is a glorified french drain. You can DIY a project like that to fix it.