Is it a good idea to install a pool, garden, or deck on a leach field? This guide explains what's safe—and not so safe—to set up over a septic drain field.

Understanding how your leach field works is the first step in understanding why it may fail. At the start of the septic system, wastewater and solids enter a tank via pipes from your home. Solids ...

It should take you to where your septic tank and drain field are installed—at least five feet away from your home, but usually between 10 and 25 feet. Sink a soil probe every few feet to keep ...

Sewage odors, specifically outside near the septic tank and drainfield. Presence of dark green, lush vegetation over the drainfield. It may look nice, but it points to an overstressed septic system.

Septic drain field installation. Flown by John Scott, Digital Agriculture Coordinator, Purdue Extension. Before the installation of a new septic tank and finger system, this homeowner was curious ...

This field is often left unused to prevent damage to the system, but there are a variety of things you can (and can’t) put on your septic field.