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Originally Posted by Googam

Our current house has septic. Had no idea how they worked. The owners were no help. Called the first phone # in the book. AAA Septic Services. My new best friend. He opened it up to give me a lesson. If you've never seen 1,000 gallons of poop & pee, you haven't lived. He reported it was in fine condition, mostly liquid with limited solids & draining cleanly to the distribution box. Leave it alone. If it's causing any problems, you'll know. That was 12 years ago.

Rules: No wipes, no clogged toilet chemicals, grey water drained to a seperate system (dishwashers/washing machine). He said Rid-X is OK, but not needed if you follow the rules.

ROFLMAO! It's certainly something. I have no idea what shape ours is in. I've popped the top before. It doesn't smell good, but it doesn't smell as bad as I expected.

Originally Posted by vash

no. still with plumbing down the street.

I passed on any house with Septic since I had zero clue about them. I dont like troubles. I also passed on any home without a cooktop vent that ducted to the outside, or would be a pain for me to do so.

added to the list: BAMBOO.

Certainly don't want anything weird in Cali where the state could suddenly decide to outlaw you for some reason.

Bamboo, LMAO! When we sold our old home I left some bamboo in the back yard. It was trying to spread into the yard, but it just got mowed and wasn't a problem. It was however also spreading into the neighbor's yard because it was close to the fence. The folks that we sold the house to tore it out.