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Tommy
Tommy
3 years ago

Septic systems are great until they aren’t. My system is 60 years old now and has been giving us problems for a few years. Finally it was time to address this.

I’m $4k in the hole now and there has been exactly zero septic work done. Had to have a 4′ Poplar tree removed and pay an engineer to design and submit the plans to the department of making you sad and wait months for them to approve the plans.

Now I just have to wait for a licensed septic company to do the install, $10k. And if your system is not working at all you will have to only dump at work for months because all the septic contractors around here are 4 months behind.

I’m just glad that I have enough room for a conventional system because the alternate systems are twice as expensive. Sometimes I do wish I had a public sewer connection.

SamM
SamM
3 years ago

Our county in NE Texas has relaxed enforcement. We’ve got a guy who will install our gravity septic for $4K including tanks and pipe with a separate gray water outlet into whatever we want.
I’ve also got a HomeBiogas.com unit to generate methane from our waste to use for cooking, etc., and that digests the waste down to the direct-application level which will either go into our septic or…if it is as processed as they say…may put it out into the landscape.
PS: Hi J&D from Barb and Sam

Patrick Raftery
Patrick Raftery
3 years ago

Born ,raised and been in NH my whole life of 47 years now! Glad you love it!