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“All I can say is i’m glad I don’t live there.”
I am sure glad I live here; I just don’t dig a septic here!
Buying developed lots is my best alternative.
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Alabama always perks? - Posted by Doug (Alabama)
Posted by Doug (Alabama) on July 20, 2003 at 11:31:07:
Tim,
I do deals in Montgomery and have been eyeing land deals lately. Could you give me the benefit of any insights might have gained.
Thanks,
Re: Well, I am! - Posted by Wills
Posted by Wills on July 21, 2003 at 10:57:07:
LOl,
No offense intended to WA just to it’s prices:)
Re: Alabama always perks? - Posted by Tim
Posted by Tim on July 20, 2003 at 12:45:28:
I haven’t done any land/home deals, but I have built a few houses in the country where city sewer is not available. Some land around here doesn’t perk, and other areas perk great in the summer, but hardly at all in the spring(rain). The first thing I found out is that the health dept. is understaffed & slow, without a septic permit you can’t do anything. The first house I built I had a 5 week delay, waiting for the health dept to come look at the property to see that I didn’t change the land when I cleared the lot. Now I get on their list before I start any project.
First on my list is to make any purchase agreements contingent on the perk test. Engineered systems are expensive. I also ask at the health dept if the septic contractor I want to use is on their approved list. They tend to like certain installers better than others, which can help when it’s inspection time as far as scheduling. Also, the perk test needs to be almost exactly where you are putting the septic field. I have seen them require another perk test, even though the field was only being moved from one side of the lot to the other(less than 100 feet).
One last thing I found out the hard way is to make sure the septic field is well below the house. I built a house on a slightly sloping lot on a slab, & put the field lines on the uphill side. I had a drainage swell between the house & the slight grade to control surface water, & of course the field lines were below slab level. The problem was that the ground level over the field lines was higher than the slab, so when the ground became totally saturated water was forced back through the system & into the house drain system. When we started having the heavy rains the last couple years my sewer wouldn’t drain. I ended up isolating the drainage field with a french drain, sometimes called a curtain drain & solved the problem. As a plumbing contractor the solution was less than $1000, but I could have avoided the problem by getting a perk test on the downhill side of the lot & putting the system there. Anyway, I now make sure the ground level over the field lines is below floor level as far as possible.