What Remodelers
Should Know About
SEPTIC
SYSTEMS
by Russ Lanoie
How to avoid "pitfalls" and
other unpleasant
and costly encounters with
on-site sewage
systems
Map out the septic system before starting an addition or deck. Check clearances to basements and slabs
allowed by code in your area.
So you've landed your first big remodeling
job and everything is off to a
great start until the excavator that's
digging for a new frost wall suddenly
disappears into the ground and a strong
smell comes back out. Why didn't
somebody tell you that the septic tank
was out here? Who's going to pay to get
it fixed? Is all the profit from this job
going to go into that smelly