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Originally Posted by Crowbob

Calmly and quietly ‘splain to the missus that she doesn’t want a stinky expensive surprise. Show her the general location of the drain field and say, with your administrative voice, ‘Not here, honey bunch’.

But unless you have a roaring, atomic conflagration over several days (or on a peat bog) the field will be oK.

I think the general consensus is "it's probably fine, but why risk it."

What I'd told her was I don't want to have a roaring fire over the leach field. I'd hate to damage something. She said something to the effect of "if you damage a pipe, couldn't you just replace the pipe?"

I would rather be safe than sorry. I've already had to deal with one backup, and it was unpleasant to say the least.