- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Alan C. Hood; Revised edition edition (Jan 1 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0911469028
- ISBN-13: 978-0911469028
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.1 x 0.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,007,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"...the best -and certainly the most entertaining- common sense guide we've seen to a universal rural problem: septic systems." -- Mother Earth News
"This is a dynamite book. It should be owned and studied by every person who lives in the country." -- --Martin L. Johnson, Ph.D., R.E., Former Commissioner of Vermont Water Resourses
"This is a dynamite book. It should be owned and studied by every person who lives in the country." -- --Martin L. Johnson, Ph.D., R.E., Former Commissioner of Vermont Water Resourses
From the Publisher
After 25 years of installing and servicing septic tanks, the author "lifts the lid" off that miracle worker in your backyard and explains its workings with good humor and straight talk.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Informative but dated,
By A Customer
This review is from: Country Plumbing: Living with a Septic System (Paperback)
This book is informative as far as it goes and might be most useful for someone with an older system. But it was written in the early 1980s. A lot has changed since then. In particular, the book doesn't cover any of the newer systems that are used more and more nowadays in some parts of the country -- sand mounds, aeration systems, lagoons, etc.
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you own a septic system, you need this book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Country Plumbing: Living with a Septic System (Paperback)
Where else does one find out about the care and feeding--literally--of a septic system? This book is humorously written by an author who clearly knows his, um, feces. Having just bought a house with a septic system, I am finally relieved to find a book that sheds light on the dark necessity of living in the country. This could become a conversation piece in our neighborhood.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Informative but dated,
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This review is from: Country Plumbing: Living with a Septic System (Paperback)
This book is informative as far as it goes and might be most useful for someone with an older system. But it was written in the early 1980s. A lot has changed since then. In particular, the book doesn't cover any of the newer systems that are used more and more nowadays in some parts of the country -- sand mounds, aeration systems, lagoons, etc.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you own a septic system, you need this book,
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This review is from: Country Plumbing: Living with a Septic System (Paperback)
Where else does one find out about the care and feeding--literally--of a septic system? This book is humorously written by an author who clearly knows his, um, feces. Having just bought a house with a septic system, I am finally relieved to find a book that sheds light on the dark necessity of living in the country. This could become a conversation piece in our neighborhood.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bathroom reading at its most instructive,
By E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Country Plumbing: Living with a Septic System (Paperback)
We are currently living with a septic system, and I thought it was about time I learned something about them. This book is perfect for my needs: it is short, very informative, and even hilarious at times. My only prior knowledge of septic systems was acquired during childhood: our house in a rural village sat in the lowest point of our neighborhood (a swamp, actually) and everyone else's septic system used to drain down into our basement in the spring. I can't begin to tell you how happy we were when the village finally built a municipal sewage system.This book explains very clearly how to deal with emergencies, which is probably the first thing we country plumbing folks need to know. (I also discovered we're using a sink plunger on the toilet, and should go out and buy one with the circular thingy in the middle.) There are very clear instructions and diagrams on (1) how to build your own septic system; (2) how to find your septic tank if you moved into a house where the subject hadn't been raised; (3) how to maintain your septic system; (4) what to do if something goes wrong (this part of the book gets down and dirty: never, ever open something called a 'cleanout plug' quickly.) "Country Plumbing" also explains how to build a good privy. Here is my favorite bit of advice on this subject: "If the privy is to have a lot of traffic, attach a large plastic funnel to the wall, with a short plastic pipe running into the main hole. This will help tall soldiers with short rifles to score better, and improve the area around the seat considerably." This book is bathroom reading at its most instructive. |
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