{"id":774,"date":"2022-07-04T11:48:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/?p=774"},"modified":"2022-06-29T11:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T11:57:24","slug":"is-it-okay-to-put-a-deck-or-patio-over-a-septic-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/is-it-okay-to-put-a-deck-or-patio-over-a-septic-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Okay To Put A Deck Or Patio Over A Septic Tank?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This area of the country has many beautiful days in store all year round. You can enjoy a quiet summer morning outside, a crisp fall evening, and many days in between. It\u2019s nice to enjoy nature, hear the birds, watch the squirrels, and see the sun go down. Many people enjoy having a cup of coffee on the patio or entertaining guests on a deck. If that\u2019s not something you have on your home yet, it\u2019s always something you can add. Where should you place it? Perhaps you would like to hide where your septic tank sits, so maybe you can put it over that area? Tat\u2019s not a good idea. You wouldn\u2019t have access to the area for necessary septic tank pumping in Petaluma, CA<\/a> and there are other reasons to avoid doing just that.<\/p>\n

When you are going to build a deck or patio, there are certain permits you will need to get and, legally, you can\u2019t put a patio over a septic system<\/a>. That would leave no access for repairs and maintenance and the whole patio would have to be taken up before the septic tank could even be accessed. As for a deck, you will have to keep it at least ten feet away from the septic tank so you don\u2019t interrupt the flow of what\u2019s going on in that area.<\/p>\n

Septic tanks<\/a> release waste into the yard and sometimes, that means that area can be a little more mushy than others. You don\u2019t want to put a post down there or it could shift around. You also don\u2019t want a patio in that area or it can shift and crack as well.<\/p>\n

If you build a deck or patio over the septic tank without checking into things, you could lead yourself down a dark path. You could have repairs on the tank from the project and you might have to take the deck or patio up and start all over again.<\/p>\n

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If you want a deck or patio, great. Start to check your budget and see what you can do to make your outdoor living space just how you want it. However, keep that deck or patio away from the septic tank so you can keep that system on track as well. You can always call the professionals or, when you have your regular septic tank pumping in Petaluma, CA done, get advice from them at that time. They will help you to figure out what you can and cannot do around your septic tank in terms of building an outdoor living space. In general, the septic tank needs its space and you will want to keep buildings, and even plants, away from that area. It\u2019s an important system and you don\u2019t want anything happening to it that can cause issues within your home. Check with the professionals before you move forward<\/a> with anything you want to do around the septic area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This area of the country has many beautiful days in store all year round. You can enjoy a quiet summer morning outside, a crisp fall evening, and many days in between. It\u2019s nice to enjoy nature, hear the birds, watch the squirrels, and see the sun go down. Many people enjoy having a cup of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-sanitation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}