1st Off I am a HVAC contractor, I know how to heat & cool homes and move air. When it comes to poo water I am a idiot. Here is the deal. I have a 3 year old home. Has a pump system, and has 3 lines coming from the D box. The 3 lines are parallel with the back of my home and the line nearest my home (8' off the back of my foundation) and runs under a deck (12'worth) is free flowing near the end. Summer its fine/dry for the most part, But I understand it is supposed to work with up to 2" of rainfall in 24hr period? We had 1.5" and then a a few showers every 2 days (North Carolina winters). Has been "flowing" for 90 days now. I shut off the pump for 2 days and pump at 12-1am after the neighbors go to sleep. They called the county on me when it started this year. When pump is off, it flows (I call this freeflowing) almost like a french drain and that part flowing is the lowest point. Land around this area has standing water in the ditches/fields from the steady rain. If I add another section of EZFLO pipe to the end will this help? Is this line loading up with water because its too close to my home (8' off foundation)? Can I add a French Drain just down from the septic field to try and take the excess groundwater away from the field? If so how far off the line should I be (I heard at least 10')? Ground around here is thick Topsoil/sand mix on top 6" then red clay fyi. Also thought of digging a hole at the end of the line very deep and adding gravel, cover up with topsoil and giving the grey water somewhere to go besides up and out. (Probably a bad idea, I know). 
This has been going on for the past 2 fall/winter/springs.. We called the installer and he came back and measured the depth with a rod and it was good. Dug up D box and it was level. Farthest 2 lines do not leach. We have been doing navy showers, eating off paper plates/cups 3 months, very limited clothes washing (sunny days/semi dry flow). County came out and asked us about it and I told them its the rain.. They said they have several others doing the same thing, told me to Pump out. (Did that in January,, No help) Installer set the pump float to the shortest run length he could. No help. Now, Im putting 5 gallon buckets of dirt on the little "Jed Clampett Bubbling Crude flow holes"! Installer gave up and said its to code.. (I know how that goes.. I dont really blame him, he did it to county code) he said its the excess rain, and maybe it is. IDK! HA....... Im getting ready to walk from this home.
This has been going on for the past 2 fall/winter/springs.. We called the installer and he came back and measured the depth with a rod and it was good. Dug up D box and it was level. Farthest 2 lines do not leach. We have been doing navy showers, eating off paper plates/cups 3 months, very limited clothes washing (sunny days/semi dry flow). County came out and asked us about it and I told them its the rain.. They said they have several others doing the same thing, told me to Pump out. (Did that in January,, No help) Installer set the pump float to the shortest run length he could. No help. Now, Im putting 5 gallon buckets of dirt on the little "Jed Clampett Bubbling Crude flow holes"! Installer gave up and said its to code.. (I know how that goes.. I dont really blame him, he did it to county code) he said its the excess rain, and maybe it is. IDK! HA....... Im getting ready to walk from this home.
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