If you are planning to buy a house, ask the agent to provide a septic tank check in the deal. With no professional inspection, you could be presented with expensive bills due to a failed or defective septic tank. Also, speak to your agent about the laws of your state about septic tank...
The septic tank system begins at the sanitary pipe from the house, which transports wastewater to the septic tank. The septic tank is a large container usually made of concrete, fiberglass, or steel. It is buried and watertight, allowing the liquid in the tank to slowly break down solids an...
Septic backups, failures, breakouts, odors: This document provides advice for home buyers who are buying a home with a private septic system: homes using a septic tank and drainfield or similar soil absorption system. Here we describe what goes wrong with septic systems and their various compon...
The septic tank shown in thePHOTOat the top of this page had a concrete cover but when the cover was removed we found that the tank was under-sized, built of concrete blocks, and totally impacted with waste, as shown in thisopen septic tank PHOTO. The system was inadequate, not working...
Below is a series of questions you should consider asking when buying a lake house. Whether you are dealing directly with a seller or through areal estate agent, get these answers to ensure you’re happy with the purchase. What is a Lake Home?
Although you might plan to do many of the repairs and renovations yourself, it’s best to hire a professional for important projects beyond your skill set, like electrical and plumbing work. So you’ll want to incorporate that into your budget, as well: For example,rewiring a housecan cost...
A seller that fails to address water damage and any mold that comes with it risks a lot when putting a house on the market. Major Exodus From The Neighborhood When buyers show up to look at a house, they pay attention to more than just the home and the lot it sits on. They also ...
If you have a house with afinished basementyou will likely have several questions for your realtor. The first thing to do is to smell the finished basement. Does it have a sewer smell? If so there may be an issue with theirseptic tankorholding tank,or there could be plumbing issues. In...
Sewage problems are disgusting, stinky and expensive plumbing works. Before signing on the dotted line, find out what kind of sewage system the house has. If there’s a septic tank, find out where it is located, where its line runs, how big it is, and the time when it was last empti...
“why don’t you have a clock and a timer and a better machine or maybe a Keurig ….”) and he can’t / won’t grasp the idea that I just need the effing hot coffee and nothing else. I seriously dread the day he shows up at my house with a ‘better’ coffee pot as a ‘...