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vanity: possible sewage line break in my Mom's yard: how do I tell?
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| 05/19/2010
| Racebannon
Posted on 05/19/2010 3:07:01 PM PDT by RaceBannon
My Mom's yard has a spot where grass is dying.
I noticed birds feeding there a lot in the last month, it is a mostly round patch, 10 feet across
I tried to use a gerden weasel on it today and huge hunks of soil came up with the grass, easily broken up, stillmoist, odorless
no apparent moles, voles, or grubs at this spot
TOPICS: Gardening; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: grass; leechfield; sewage; yard
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Question: Since it is in the vicinity of the sewage line I saw dug up 40 years ago to be redone, how do I determine if this die-off is that sewage line rupturing again?
I just spent money to replant seed to test if it grows again, seed and that blue mulch/seed patch stuff. I had to try before I dig it up...
To: RaceBannon; stowaway; jjm2111; Mrs.LoneGOPinCT; underbyte; badbackman; Bigfitz; mcswan; ...
All advice appreciated! :)
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:08:12 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
To: RaceBannon
A good plumber can run a camera down the sewer line and see if it is broken at that point.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:08:52 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
To: RaceBannon
To: RaceBannon
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:09:23 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: RaceBannon
Remember that the grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:09:23 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: RaceBannon
if the turf is pulling up it might be the grub damage was significant and now theyve grown into junebugs which is why you arent seeing them
just guessin
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:09:51 PM PDT
by
Revelation 911
(How many 100's of 1000's of our servicemen died so we would never bow to a king?" -freeper pnh102)
To: RaceBannon
Camera down the line. It wil cost a couple of bucks, but might as well be sure.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:10:00 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
To: RaceBannon
Is this septic or utility?
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:10:03 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
To: Revelation 911
Isn’t it too early for grubs? I have always been told they hatch in early June.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:11:01 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
To: RaceBannon
“possible sewage line break in my Mom’s yard: how do I tell?”
Do you possess a sense of smell?
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:11:18 PM PDT
by
Grunthor
(Over YOUR dead body!)
To: RaceBannon
Like this? Possibly grubs.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:11:55 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: RaceBannon
The grass around our septic tank is usually the greenest; odorless doesn’t sound like a sewer line break, but I’m no expert.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:12:06 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: RaceBannon
Well, the best way I know how to do it and pretty cheap, too ... is to get your shovel out “dig it up” in that spot. It shouldn’t be too hard. I had to do that myself a few months ago and found the broken spot, right where it was apparently real moist.
Just consider it exercise and it’s for free ... Otherwise, if money is no object, just call the plumber... :-)
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:13:27 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: RaceBannon
Also, we have had a lot of water lately. Is it a low spot? Could be it’s not draining and the soil is too soft to hold the roots.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:13:42 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
To: RaceBannon
All advice appreciated! :)
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Now you ought to know better than that.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:13:48 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
To: mnehring
thats almost exactly it, the last grubs we had came out like a circle, like an arc, not a patch!
HMMM, it’s been two years, is there a cycle of life here??
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:14:03 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
To: Responsibility2nd; Lazamataz
hey, those who know me, know I give Lazamataz a run for his money in the crazy department!
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:15:15 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
To: RaceBannon
I'm going with lawn fungus, brown patch in particular. You had an exceptionally wet winter in CT, which can lead to brown patch.
I'm not sure the a broken sewage pipe would cause a brown out.
To: RaceBannon
I don’t know about how the cycle is, I just know we had an issue with June bugs this year. The couple of patches we lost are starting to come back pretty strong now.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:16:03 PM PDT
by
mnehring
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