How Do We Hook Up to City Sewer and Get Rid of Our Septic Tank?
Our house has a septic tank, but the cross street only a few houses down has city sewer. You can see the manholes in the road. We want to get rid of our septic tank so we can add a pool to our backyard without having to build around the septic tank. How do we go about getting sewer service hooked up? Do we have to contact the county? Get a general contractor’s help? Something else?
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Contact the local utility (water & sewer) company. In many cases, when sewers are installed, you are required to connect. Even though it’s "just across the street" doesn’t necessarily mean it’s available to you.
To make the connection to sewers, you will have to pay a "tap-in fee" which varies from locality to locality (can be VERY pricey in some areas). Then you have to have a licensed person actually connect you to the sewers, this price varies by the distance you have to go. Then you have to pump out and properly abandon the entire septic system – pump out tank, crush tank and fill it in, and abandon any other boxes or tanks you may have related to the system (such as a diversion box). This is NOT a cheap process!
. FIRST, call the county water/sewer dept. I’m sure the city HAS to make the initial connection to the main pipe.
Maybe a licensed contractor can do the rest. $6.000?
in most localities, something like this has to be done by a licensed plumber. it can also be quite pricey
Call the local building inspectors. they can tell you if the sewer has been extended to your property line. If so, the township, city etc can assist and make recommnedations as to who is licensed and qualified to do the work.