Can't remove square concrete cover from septic tank

[Handyman4172]

Please help. The square concrete cover won't budge. We got the round concrete tube out. It has no handles. Is it safe to bust it out and form a new piece or is their a better way. Thanks in advance.

Rick

 

[Mr_David]

Pictures???

 

[Handyman4172]

Cant get the picture from my phone to my laptop but the attached picture is what we have.

 

[Chris]

On mine we use a chipping gun or small jackhammer in the crack where the lid sits in, do that in a few places and it should free it up.

 

[Handyman4172]

Thanks Chris. We chipped away at it and then built a hillbilly lever with a few blocks, a four by four, a bottle jack and a thick rope. After a lot of sweating and waiting for the board to crack or the rope to break it, it finally broke loose.

Should of made a youtube video but there's probably already one out there lol

Thanks again for the suggestion.

 

[havasu]

Daym, I shore dun wished I gots to see that Hillbilly Vidyo!

 

[frodo]

handyman. if you cant upload form phone to pc

email the picture from phone to yourself, then load from email to file to here


the top is most likely sealed with a tar strip when it was set.