...the perk test... or more professionally, soil analysis test for our
septic system permit. We didn't hit "good" soil until 45" so our leach
field will be deeper than normal. The best news is that we don't have
to remove any apple trees. It will be close to our best producing apple
tree since we went with 3 x 80' trenches. I wish I knew a bit more
about the other options for septic layout before getting the test. Our
tester gave us several options that we could have gone with but the
bottom line, we got a normal, most common (read that as "cheap"), septic
system layout.
The tank itself can be as close as 10' from the house but since that is
contained, they only worry about the distribution field (I call it the
leach field). We have plenty of space, so it wasn't a problem but
there were a couple of options that could have been better for not much
more money. We had to pick at that minute, so went with his
recommendation.
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