Is this a dry well or a septic tank

[awelch052]

Drain is backing up in basement. And been trying to find the septic tank , but pretty lost did I find it or is that the dry well county record is from 1976 and is like chicken scratch but attached

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank you

 

[R Blum]

Crack it open and take a look inside. It looks like the dry well is round.

 

[cliffyk]

^^^This^^^

It looks like a septic tank to me, dry wells are generally round and the sketch seems to indicate same...

 

[Scrat]

outside your house there should be a cleanout anywhere from 1 to 5 feet away, once you find that your septic should be inline to that anywhere from 5 to 20 feet away depending on codes or age ( mine is 36 years old and its 50 feet away ) use a probing rod to trace pipe if you dont see any humps or risers once you hit the tank you will feel/hear the different sound from the pipe and concrete. There are youtube videos on locating the tanks.