The Septic

One of our many concerns about building a house is the septic. We heard (after our property had closed) that the county is really picky and won't take an inspection from a third party as good enough to pass. So even though our septic passed before we bought, the county might find something wrong with it and not pass it (in fact I heard they look for anything not to pass it because they don't like old septics and want everyone to have a sand filter). This means we might have to put in a 14,000 sand filter :( Sooooooo we decided to get the septic all ready for the inspection whenever that may be, and started uncovering the intake and outake pipes. This is where we discovered the old, thin piece of metal (maybe a coffee can?) that was used to patch a cut in the PVC pipe, no glue to hold it on, just some bent metal and rocks on top of it. Something told us this wouldn't be enough to pass inspection so Ron got on it. Our good friend Matt came out tonight and helped Ron cut the pipe and put on some fittings to get rid of the hole and make it look a whole lot better. Sorry no pictures, didn't think anyone wanted to see human waste floating down the PVC pipe, but if you are really disappointed let me know and I'll hook you up with some pictures...........hey some people are sick. So that's the update today, more pictures in the next couple days. Thanks for reading!