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yea, its pushed my finish date back a couple of months.. ah, well.. if this is my biggest problem, I'm doing ok..

that's a pretty steep hill with big oaks in the way, I don't want to loose my trees. Moving the garage back would mean re-applying for the variance.. not willing to risk it not being approved the 2nd time.

So my leech field went forward along the drivway towards the road.(its directly under "proposed drivway" on the print) I was able to get the original plans from the county, then I dug and found the field passing under the footers. (footers were 42" leech pipes were 46" so deeper than expected) ...

I pulled the cover, its def the active septic tank. Fully finished basement, I had no way to trace the pipes. I probed the earth, found the 4 corners of the concrete tank, and looked at the direction the leech field goes. I should have the as-built plans from the county in the next few days, but...

that is what is so confusing/suprising

I saw the pipe exit the tank ~24" deep, and the pipe was not exposed by a 5' deep trench 15 feet away. that's the Previous owners herb garden. I probed all around that area, and several more, nothing solid 36" down.

they tell me 5 business days, but it is enroute..

solid coming out of the tank, I didn't dig it very far though

for those curious the lid for the tank is on the "D" of building on the plot plan... the bare spot is in the "O" in the stamp of "state of Michigan" of the surveyor..it would make no sense for that to be anything related IMO...I've been wrong before tho...lol, like, this thread

I thought so, but no, and I probed the bare spot, there is nothing there... it was a red herring.The bare spot is about 75' from where I actually located the tank lid (and opened the lid to see the direction of the leech field) so I know it was bogus, the tank had the footer dug all around it...

I already spent my day digging it all up, its just the main tank, and a ~12 ft run of leech field. the area drains really well. The septic company's around here wont give me a quote on moving anything without a perk test first. If I move the septic I would move the whole works back ~30 foot or...

exactly, you know the disappointment of things not being as they were portrayed.. live and learn.. I am going to have a perk test done next week and see what moving the septic is going to set me back. I don't have to deal with the town commissions on that one.

of course, it is my fault for that. I bought the house last fall, was told the septic system was behind the house, had a bare spot in the lawn left from the septic inspection, why would I doubt what I was told... why lie?

and yes, I had a build thread, but this is more of an issue, not just the next step in building. People that re-wire a vintage compressr dont put it in their build thread.. sorry, just on edge, this whole thing ***** at the moment. PS thanks for everyones input..

The main issue with moving it back is the planning dept approval I already had to jump through hoops to get, will have to be redone, and hopfully still geta approved. I wish our planning department was open on fridays, this is a bit of a mess....

I had the footers dug, and we hit a pipe, hmmm, why is that there? when I bought the house last I was told the septic was in the back. Its on the side, and its dead center of where my 30x48 was going to go. I just spent 2 months getting the size and location past the planning board, and now no...

Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead foundation inspection today!

I found a free tool on bighammer dot com that was awesome, and easy to use. (i dont know if i can post the link, I have no affiliation with the site, but it made the plans for my detached garage in about 5 min that i got my planning approval with.) Hope it helps.. sketchup was too much work to...

Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead Moving out the walkway.. Gone Did score a sweet snap bracelet

Re: Ima Newb, Your input welcomed! My 30x48 garage plan/ build / ?? thead Funny Greg, thanks for going to the board meeting for me! Digging begins this weekend..but first ... Trees in the way.. Going Down (next tree took out the basketball hoop, that is/was being removed anyway)...