Lifetime service self-cleaning sieve septic filter never needs replaced

Our time-tested NSF/ANSI certified standard #46 septic tank filter assembly has a universal hub for use with either SDR35 thin-wall or Sch40 thick wall 4 inch diameter pipe. This lifetime service filter is self-cleaning in normal use, with a natural sloughing action to prevent bio-mat buildup. Features 80 lineal feet of filtration area for up to 800 gallons per day treatment volume. Built-in gas deflector on the bottom provides secondary 1/2 inch filtration to prevent larger solids from entering inside. A series of 1/16 inch horizontal filtration slots, rather than a mesh screen, provides much less surface area for solids to attach themselves. Patented flow pattern reduces trapping of solids inside the filter by allowing sediment to slough-off and fall back into the tank for further digestion. Filter features a locking tab to prevent ‘floating’. Solids are not allowed to pass-by even when tank surges occasionally. This care-free septic filter design never needs replacing. 

Filter housing is black ABS plastic so use 'multi-plastic' cement with white/green PVC pipe.

Check both compartments yearly and pump long before enough solids accumulate in first compartment to spill over into second compartment. Usually less than sixteen inches - consult manufacturer of your tank. Wrap a piece of white towel around the end of a long pole to check solids level in bottom of your septic tank. A healthy, properly sized septic tank might never need pumped, but not pumping when needed will result in grease and solids getting out to the leach field. Particulates, grease and solids create 'biomat' in the leach field percolation area, eventually causing it to fail and need replacement. Every three to five years is the normal cycle for pumping a septic tank (less often in warmer areas and/or lower usages). Should you live in an extremely cold climate, never have your tank pumped in the fall or winter - only pump in the spring. Septic tank water only avoids freezing through biological/bacterial activity (fecal matter decomposing). Refill your septic tank with water immediately after having it pumped! Without water on the inside, an empty septic tank is under extreme stress resisting the weight of backfill around it. This is especially true when soil is wet and when tanks are not properly bedded in plenty of gravel (selective, draining backfill). Stress is critical when sewage pumpers park too close to the tank, so always keep their truck at least 20 feet away. With enough stress, an empty concrete and fiberglass tank will crack, start leaking and eventually have to be replaced. Install an effluent septic filter and spray it off during yearly inspection of tank Sieve filters keep larger particles from getting out of the tank and compromising the leach field by clogging soil pores and causing failure (bio-mat). Septic filters are cheap insurance, installing easily in the second compartment of your septic tank.

never use ANY septic additives or enzyme digesters

Properly sized two compartment septic tanks operate just fine without potentially dangerous additives. Breaking down fats and solids in the septic tank with digestive enzymes simply allows these now much smaller particles to pass through the septic filter where they reunite in the leach field, forming a dense bio-mat. The FDA has never approved any additives; none are considered safe or effective. You don't want these additives finding their way into the groundwater where they can be used for irrigation and drinking. Leach field distance from the wellhead (100 to 200 feet) is no guarantee of safety, it's just an arbitrary number locally assigned to allow residential construction on smaller half acre lots. Lateral water (sewage effluent) movement underground is extremely unpredictable at certain times of the year and will easily contaminate your well. Any chemical (or enzyme) which digests sewage should frighten a reasonable person to allow in their drinking or irrigation water.