Hi All - I am currently in contract to buy a house with a septic tank. There is a disagreement between two inspectors as to whether the tank needs to be replaced or not. Any help would be much appreciated!
The inspector I hired opened the tank and the water level was found to be 5” below the invert of the outlet pipe and is not making it out to the leaching fields. He told me this means there is a leak and it needed to be replaced.
A second inspector evaluated the tank and said that since no one had been living in the house for a few months, the level had decreased and that there was no leak.
Does anyone have a view on this? Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks
The inspector I hired opened the tank and the water level was found to be 5” below the invert of the outlet pipe and is not making it out to the leaching fields. He told me this means there is a leak and it needed to be replaced.
A second inspector evaluated the tank and said that since no one had been living in the house for a few months, the level had decreased and that there was no leak.
Does anyone have a view on this? Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks