[R-390] Building Standards

[William J. Neill]

Oh, I understand too well the variances in codes.  Within a ten-mile  
radius of my home, all sorts of red-neck contrivances exist for  
drainage of sewage, let alone grounding of home electrical and  
communication circuits.  Some are quite shocking.

Bill


On Aug 3, 2009, at 1:51 PM, rbethman wrote:

William,

I made reference to the drain field because - (here we go again with  
varying codes!) - 1) Tisha built her house TEN years ago.  I know as  
late as FIVE years ago, in Georgia, drain fields were STILL being  
used.  2) You are in Texas.  3) Tisha is in Alabama  4) I am here in  
Virginia, and to MY knowledge, septic systems with drain fields are  
STILL used in the county.  In the City you MUST use the sewer  
system.  It is obviously of NO use as it is PVC to the street.

This is one of "those" issues that can vary widely based on what  
codes are being used and where.

It is just like the ENTIRE topic of grounding.  NEC does a poor  
treatise on it in terms of OUR applications, except to say "all will  
be tied together."
We all live in different places.  I know of NO single solution that  
fits all.

Bob - N0DGN

William J. Neill wrote:
> A comment about the septic system and "drain field".
>
> Over here in the Great Dismal Swamp of South Texas, we do NOT have  
> drain fields and instead have aerobic systems wherein the effluent,  
> purified in a manner of speaking by being passed over chlorine  
> tablets prior to entry into the holding tank, is sprayed onto the  
> yard daily in the wee hours of the morning.
>
> Drain fields per se are now illegal given that they contaminate  
> aquifers.  We have enough problems with chemical plumes from long- 
> plugged oil wells and waste sites.
>
> Has worked very well for us in the eleven-plus years we've been  
> here and even in times of heavy rains and hurricanes, the system  
> has never flooded out and malfunctioned.  We have it pumped out  
> about every three years just for maintenance purposes.
>
> Bill Neill
> Conroe, Texas