Enviro-Septic, has anyone had one installed? (Bangor: attorney, homes, buying) - Maine (ME) - City-Data Forum

ccosborne3 · 02-02-2010, 11:20 AM

Ever since I started thinking of building a home in Maine I've been looking around at different kinds of septic systems. It's fun for me. I stumbled across the Enviro-Septic website today and am wondering if they are the real deal. Enviro-Septic is a NH company that has approvals to install their equipment in 6 states (including Maine) and all of Canada. The leachfield is covered with tiny fibers that help clear up to 98% of contaminates before hitting soil. Thir system is able to do what a regular leachfield can do at up to 40% less than the cost of a regular septic system. It seems to me like a revolutionary product, but I may just be drinking the company Kool-Aid. I read somewhere that there was a tract with 4 homes that were scheduled to have mound septic installed and they were all able to switch to the Enviro-septic system and save thousands.

So I'm curious, does anyone know of anyone who's tried it out?

http://www.presbyeco.com/products/enviro-septic/

AustinB · 02-02-2010, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ccosborne3

Ever since I started thinking of building a home in Maine I've been looking around at different kinds of septic systems. It's fun for me. I stumbled across the Enviro-Septic website today and am wondering if they are the real deal. Enviro-Septic is a NH company that has approvals to install their equipment in 6 states (including Maine) and all of Canada. The leachfield is covered with tiny fibers that help clear up to 98% of contaminates before hitting soil. Thir system is able to do what a regular leachfield can do at up to 40% less than the cost of a regular septic system. It seems to me like a revolutionary product, but I may just be drinking the company Kool-Aid. I read somewhere that there was a tract with 4 homes that were scheduled to have mound septic installed and they were all able to switch to the Enviro-septic system and save thousands.

So I'm curious, does anyone know of anyone who's tried it out?

Enviro-SepticÂ® - Septic System | Leach Field | Onsite Wastewater Treatment | Presby Environmental

Our system at the camp has those presby tubes. It also used a lot of sand. I have no idea if the tubes had all that stuff wrapped around them or not. It is all within 100' of the lake water. The cost was cheaper than a system built around our house, but was expensive for down there. At least that is what the locals told me.

Northern Maine Land Man · 02-03-2010, 08:35 AM

The Geo-flow pipe leach field system was invented in Maine in 1990. I installed a system at my home in 1992. It has been trouble free. It can be installed on a slope and you retain the natural contour of the ground. You don't need a basketball size flat place on your property with this system. If you are on a slope, this can be the most economical septic system to install. The pipes can curve, but each pipe must be level. Just picture a level road or path that curves along a slope as a contour line does on a map.

GEO-flow® Corrugated HDPE Pipe

Submariner · 02-03-2010, 09:30 AM

Interesting, our system is a flat 'bed' which makes a low mound: a layer of stone then perforated pipes all covered with sand and sod.

Looking at these; are they still laid on a layer of stone and covered with sand?

Northern Maine Land Man · 02-03-2010, 10:46 AM

You don't need to buy crushed rock with this system if you have porous soil on site. If you have a clay type soil you do need to have crushed stone. In my case, I just put the pipes very level in the ground. The post above mine mentions the Euro-septic product. There is vigorous bacteria working in that system and in Geo-flow that breaks down the last of the waste before it goes into ground water. Such tertiary systems are used in Florida to irrigate golf courses.

Submariner · 02-03-2010, 11:45 AM

I have seen lagoon systems in Southern areas that worked well too. But I do not think such would function here.

Thanks.

rod67 · 02-05-2010, 10:30 PM

I installed mine last summer. Lots of coarse sand and the pipe ain't cheap!

Northern Maine Land Man · 02-06-2010, 07:58 AM

There are level sites and areas where the conventional system is the most economical way to go. If you are on a slope a septic system can get expensive. Then it's prudent to explore the alternatives. Some soil test guys only know one way to provide a system design and it's based on the number of bedrooms. Ask around and find somebody who knows enough to design a system for a slope or an alternative system.

There is a radio program out of Bangor every Saturday morning called "Hot and Cold". They cover all manner of home projects, not just heating and insulation. They have a guest from time to time called "The Septic Lady". She is actually a professor at the university and she demolishes the superstitions about septic systems. I like listening when she is on. The best example is the amount of money people waste every year buying "septic treatments". They are a complete waste of money and have no beneficial effect on your septic system.

RetiringInMaine · 02-06-2010, 02:57 PM

MAKE sure that your town or township or whatever that licenses these thing will accept it.

I looked into that one in my property in PA, but the local sewage enforcement officer would NOT accept it. He said that I would need a soil scientist and a professional engineer develop something. Maine is more progressive than PA about septic, but be sure that the local licensing board will put an acceptance in writing, and in a contract that an attorney would accept, before you give them any money.

RIM