septic field: The Disapppearing Disposal - Twice In One Week! - 02/18/12 08:00 PM
On recent home inspections, I had the disappearing disposal - twice in one week!
I pay attention when notes are left for me at home inspections.  They are usually very helpful.  Sometimes they are downright devious. 
The most recent was yesterday.  The photos would have been very similar to these posted here.
In each house there was a note that said something like, "Since there is a septic system, you will notice there is no disposal."
How nice.
This is a note left by a "savvy" real estate agent, or a "savvy" seller convincing a not-so-savvy real estate agent that … (35 comments)

septic field: Green Septic Field - 07/15/09 11:20 PM
Look at this picture carefully and try to determine where the septic field begins and ends.  Look carefully...  and you might just see it.

You are looking down a hill, and the slope is about 15 degrees.  It is a perfect place for a septic drain field, but this one does not seem to be percolating or draining properly.  Notice how dry the material around the field is, but not the field itself.
The spines of this system are running from where the photo is shot, and you can seel puffy "lines" (8 or 10) where the drain tile is … (13 comments)

 
Jay Markanich, Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia (Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC)

Jay Markanich

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Bristow, VA

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Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC

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