How Do You Buy A Leach Field Vent?
When you vent your leach field, you not only provide a point of access, you also provide your leach field with the proper amount of oxygen required to correctly treat effluent. You need to buy the proper leach field vent for your leach field system in order to do this. Here’s how to buy a leach field vent for your system so it runs smoothly. Find your septic tank. Do this by following your home’s outlet pipe until you reach the concrete or plastic septic tank. Locate your leach field’s distribution box. Probe the soil around the down flow end of your septic tank until you find the outlet pipe. Follow this pipe until you find the leach field distribution box. This is the box that distributes effluent to your leach field. Determine what type of distribution system you have by examining the distribution box and infiltration system. Most leach fields have HDPE perforated pipe and should have a similar size and type of vents attached. Measure the pipe and note the color. The color distingui
