Re: Inspecting a septic system

cyber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> We are inspecting a property we made an offer on. What should we look for
> when checking out the septic ?  I don't think we need a pro. NO?
> "If I can not dance, I want no part in your revolution."  Emma Goldman

True story: We moved into our 40 year old house late 5/1999.  Mid
7/1999, I flushed toilet on 1st floor powder room one evening.  A few
hours later I saw the bathroom waste in the basement laundry tub. 
Bottom line- almost the entire field was plugged with solid waste due
to a baffle that fallen off some time ago.  The cost: $1000 to jet the
field including two tank pumpings and repair of the tank baffle.   We
had our house inspected before move-in by a regular house inspector
but the tank exam was not part of it.  I think the people that
inspected the field for the seller just looked for puddles or soft
ground in the back yard, of which there were none since the field had
been plugged solid.

Get it inspected - it's cheap insurance.  RidX sure won't cure those
kind of problems.  BTW, this was my first experience with septic
having lived on municipal water and sewer all my life...

Todd