Septic suit.

Originally Posted By: Dawn Thielen
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I should have mentioned… we are actually living in North Carolina now… This wouldn’t have EVER happened in WI. That’s where I am from originally - grew up there.


Thanks...

Dawn


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Just a homeowner with a BIG problem, any advice is greatly appreciated!

Originally Posted By: ecrofutt
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Section 2.2.II.M
The inspector is not required to inspect septic systems or cesspools.

Of course, here in Kentucky, I am aware of at least one lawsuit for the same issue, septic sized for 3 bedroom home with a bonus room over the garage, but the home was marketed and sold as a four bedroom. Seems the builder did it right, but the marketing and realtors confused the issue by calling them four bedroom homes.

http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/articles/2002/08/29/news/news03.txt


Then, Kentucky has an altogether different issue with waste plumbing.

http://www.serconline.org/Wildlines/Wildlines_vol1/27.html
Safe Air & Water
Kentucky's Straight-Pipe Sewage Problem Putting Swimmers at Risk

AP reported last week that many Kentucky creeks and rivers are polluted with unsafe levels of fecal coliform bacteria that could make swimmers sick. The biggest push in cleaning up creeks and rivers has been in Eastern Kentucky, where straight pipes and failing septic tanks are most common. The effort is being coordinated by Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment, or PRIDE. The organization was started five years ago by U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers and Natural Resources Secretary James Bickford. PRIDE has found 36,000 straight pipes and bad septic tanks in a 40-county area. More than 3,500 have been eliminated through grants to homeowners and planned projects will eventually take care of another 17,000.

For those "not in the know", a straight pipe system just pipes any and all waste straight from the house to the creek at the bottom of the hill and dumps it right into the creek.


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Erby Crofutt
B4U Close Home Inspections
Georgetown, Kentucky

www.b4uclose.com

Originally Posted By: tgardner
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Erby,


Here in SW Virginia, anything other than a full septic service (excavate, pump out, and inspect) is termed a "Stomp and Sniff" charge = $100 - no odor $ 1000 W/ odor.

The result is the same:"Recommend septic system service"

TG


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