2013 - Volume #37, Issue #4, Page #36
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Septic Tank Lined With Mobile Home Vinyl Skirting
David Clark, Rome, Penn.: “My septic tank is more than 30 years old, and I was worried the tank would soon rust out and fail. I didn’t want to spend thousands of dollars to replace it. Also, according to the law here I would have had to install a new sand mound at a cost of about $6,000, as well as a new pump. So to save money I had the tank pumped out. Then I lined the entire inside of the tank with mobile home vinyl skirting which I bought at a mobile home supply store. “The skirting comes in 12-ft. long, 13-in. wide panels which slide together. I used a saw to cut the panels down to fit the 5-ft. deep tank. Then I drilled holes in the panels, slid them together, and screwed them to the tank, bypassing the tank’s metal baffles. My son handed the skirting down to me and I screwed it on. The job took about 2 1/2 hours.
“It turned out the tank was still in pretty good condition, but I’m glad I added the vinyl skirting. It won’t rust or rot and should greatly extend the tank’s life.
“It was a messy, smelly job, but then I’m 83 years old and my smeller isn’t as good as it used to be so it wasn’t so bad. I bought 5 sheets of mobile home skirting at $12 per sheet and paid $220 to have the tank pumped out.”
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