08/27/10, 06:39 PM
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quocunque jeceris stabit
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: N.E.Mississippi
Posts: 110
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Originally Posted by Jena
It's full of water up to within a foot or two of the top. They dyed my discharge and it's not getting in there. They looked in my clean-out further down and it's not going in there either. The water is just sitting. A mosquito paradise!
After the city guy poked around at it, you can see the concrete top, minus a lid. He felt a flat, hard bottom and some of the sides. Other sides were too far back to feel. I am not brave enough to lay down and stick my whole arm down there, so I'll take his word for it.
The only questionable thing is that it is very close to my house, like a couple feet from my basement wall. This house was built in the 30's, not sure if that is a usual case back then. If it's not a septic, it may as well be one. At any rate, it needs filling to preserve my house for prosperity!
I have a septic installer coming to give me a bid on filling it, but I'll likely end up getting loads of dirt in my crappy toyota truck and doing some shovel work  Why pay for a gym when you can simply use a shovel to fill a large hole, right?
Thanks!
Jena |
Yeah, I went back and reread the op after I posted that.
My next thought was maybe it's a cisterrn, if it's that close to the basement wall and your basement is dry. Seems to me that it is holding the water tightly, if that is the case I would run a hose and try to fill it to the brim. If it is a cistern, there will be an effluent line draining to the surface somewhere to take the overflow away from the house. Then go hunting for that water, if you find it, you got yourself a cistern.
If it turns out that it IS a cistern, you could conceivably put it to some use, for it's original purpose, if you have a big garden to water, or some sort of cellar. Keep us posted.
dp
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