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OK, I need you all to weigh in on an idea I've had.

Last year when half of our old house backed up with 
sewerage, we discovered that the new, large septic tank 
(as evidenced by the hump in our front yard) was only 
connected to our relatively unused bathroom, and that 
effluence from the rest of the house (our bathroom and 
kitchen) was still going into an ancient septic tank that 
we were under the impression (by previous owners and 
realtor) had long since been removed as it was too close 
to the well. We pulled the permit at the county which even 
showed the work as having been done, coneveniently signed 
by the local inspector (no doubt a six-pack deal).

We could not find anyone to do the work. This week my 
husband completed rerouting it around three sides of the 
house to the newer septic system. We did not bother taking 
out a permit since we were only doing what was already on 
file. Except, we still have a large concrete underground 
structure that once was a septic tank.

Here's my idea: We are really in need of a root cellar. 
The opening to this thing is right outside our kitchen 
door. Here's a large, concrete cavernous underground space 
with no purpose. My husband is skeptical, but not looking 
forward to digging through rock to build a root cellar. I 
don't see why it couldn't be cleaned up, retrofitted and 
used for the purpose.

Comments?

--Sage
Way Out in Texas