![]() We carried five gallon buckets of water from the creek to the house and poured them in the washing machine. When we moved to the burned down and abandoned cannery and built our home on the shores of a large, stone-strewn creek, the five of us kids acted like a really, really slow moving waterline (like something out of the Flinstones). It can even be a full body sport if you go at it the way I do. Plus, it's great for toning up arms, wrists, and hands. If you haven't experienced this, you really need to give it a try. ![]() Again with the joy! Water squirting and running out of clothes. It was a lesson well-learned and in later years, when they no longer made mangles (go figure), I rigged up a broom handle in my shower to wrap hand-washed clothes around and then twist. What joy to watch that water squirt and run out! It was on this side porch where she also had the mangle and she "let" us kids have the joy of cranking that handle as she fed the washed clothes through the press. On her side porch, in the small fishing village we first live in when we moved to Alaska, she had a line of fifty-five gallon barrels full of rainwater, since at that time there was no community waterline. My first experience with laundry in the bush was with my grandma's "mangle." This was a tubby device that looked a bit like R2D2 with an instrument of torture on his head and a side handle. Thanks for suggesting it, Terry, and for guilting me into finally doing it after promising and not following through. ![]() How to keep your septic system working properly & protect drain field New line is installed and then is buried.It would never have crossed my mind to do a post about laundry, so I owe this one to a remarkable, witty, (note the Oxford comma) and generous friend who lives in Chicago. A new pipe was laid down and the two were connected and the ditch was filled in. ![]() So once the dry field line was found the trench was dug from the line to the septic tank. Once the general area is determined, it’s time to dig down and find the actual line.įield lines can go bad for many reasons, often there are tree roots, which was this case. The yard is probed to locate the field lines. Next step is to find the back of the septic tank and dig down to find the pipe that runs out of the tank into the drain field. If it’s high we’ll pump it down to remove access liquid. If the septic tank was recently pumped, we will still check the water level. Watch video The steps for a field line repair Yard is probed to locate field lines and then the mini-x digs down to find the actual line. As the tank is being pumped out you can see the liquid is coming back into the tank from the field lines. The water level in the tank was too high and the field lines were not working properly. The video shows, the first step was to pump the septic tank. Allgood does mechanical repairĪfter pumping the tank, the ditch was dug to allow a new line to be laid down between the back of the septic tank to the field lines that were functioning properly. His opinion was a total replacement was not needed and that a mechanical repair would work in this situation. The home owner was incredibly relieved at the prospect of saving thousands of dollars but confused as every other company had quoted a full replacement of the drain field (field lines). After assessing the situation, they felt a total replacement was not needed and that a mechanical repair would take care of the issue. Allgood went out to take a look and submit a quote. The caller was comparing quotes from local septic companies. The septic tank had been pumped the week before and since then it had become obvious the septic system was not working properly. We received a call requesting a quote for a field line repair or replacement. The following is a recent job and the steps explaining what happens if a repair can be done. We look over your situation, assess the possibilities and give you the options. A mechanical field line repair does not require a county permit and consists of repairing the existing system.
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