Matt Kelleher House and Studio Project Page 2/Septic and Early Work

The first task was to get power turned on at the house. That involved a permit and inspection. In order to get an inspection, I had to have a record or a map of my septic tank filed with the county and one did not exist. You understand don't you? You have to have a place to poop before you turn on the lights. The picture of digging to reveal the septic doesn't tell the whole story. In a half acre backyard you have to find the tank, if there is one. How far from the house is it? When you get lucky and strike cement, then how big is a septic tank? Be careful not to dig down into the pipes. It turns out this tank was 24" down on one side and 30" down on the other. All the rocks in the yard had been placed on the tank before it was covered too. Oh yah, don't forget to uncover the distribution box. The permit was purchased in early December and the inspection finally happened in early January, followed by the electricity coming on. In the mean time, I dug out a colvert that had filled in with silt, collected rocks to halt the erosion of a driveway to the church next door, collected quartz rocks for a furure retaining wall, and started collecting firewood and locust posts for a future kiln shed.

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