In the past few months, there have been articles and news reports from various parts of the country about homeowners falling into septic tanks. Fortunately, the most recent ones I’ve seen resulted in the homeowners being rescued with no real harm done other than the embarrassment.Those articles were coupled with someone sharing a practice that I was previously unaware of: trying to “fix” a concrete tank with a deteriorating lid by placing rebar on top of the lid and pouring concrete over the top of the tank.Temporary repairsWhen my colleagues and I do workshops on tank inspection, we highlight in
