NutmegCT
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Hi all. First post!
I'm interested in buying an old house (1730), which has a cesspool waste system at least 100 years old: a stone "tank", with no leach field or other tank. Toilet waste goes directly to cesspool; gray water (sinks, bathtub, washer) goes separately to a gray water dispersal trench into a flower garden bed.
This is an old, and old fashioned, system! But as it's been working for over 50 years, by the current two people in the house, should I accept it as "ok"? or should it be replaced with a modern septic/leach system asap? Replacement here in Connecticut would run at least $15K.
Thanks.
Tom M.
I'm interested in buying an old house (1730), which has a cesspool waste system at least 100 years old: a stone "tank", with no leach field or other tank. Toilet waste goes directly to cesspool; gray water (sinks, bathtub, washer) goes separately to a gray water dispersal trench into a flower garden bed.
This is an old, and old fashioned, system! But as it's been working for over 50 years, by the current two people in the house, should I accept it as "ok"? or should it be replaced with a modern septic/leach system asap? Replacement here in Connecticut would run at least $15K.
Thanks.
Tom M.