We moved in to our house a couple years ago and were not told too much about a pipe that sticks out of our backyard.

We are on a septic system and this pipe is sticking out from our leech field. The other houses on our block all have similar setups yet none (that I know) have a pipe coming up like ours.

It was suggested to me that this may be safe to remove, or at least remove, cover the whole for a few weeks, and as long as there’s no issues, then remove.

It’s not attached to anything and I can pretty easily pull it out and put it back in, although I’ve tended not to touch it much.

Pipe: https://imgur.com/a/yrd6pYN Hole in the ground: https://imgur.com/a/NMXurUH

Can anyone provide any insight here please?

  • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    We don’t, at least not yet, we haven’t lived here long enough to have to have dealt with it. That is a good idea though, we can see who the neighbors use.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, there’s two types of septic system, aerobic (uses oxygen in the breakdown process) and anaerobic (doesn’t use oxygen).

      The pipe is likely a vent, but for gas to get in, or gases to get out, is the question.

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        1 year ago

        My assumption would be it’s for airation. I’ve seen pipes like that before and have no idea why they are so high off the ground.

        I know someone who has a septic tank with an airation appliance. It’s basically a dog house with AC power and an airator on a timer that you can hear periodically turn on. Perhaps that’s an alternative. I would figure an electronic appliance would more effectively air out the septic.