Septic
Septic system testing.
Most rural property across our territory is off municipal sewer. A failed drain field is one of the more expensive things a house can hide, and it is not visible from a standard inspection — it has to be tested.
- Tank condition
- Drain field
- Baffles and outlets
- Flow testing
- Scheduled with your inspection
1Visit, with your inspection
48Hours to your report
2004Testing since
3States covered
Why it gets tested separately
A standard inspection does not open the tank.
A home inspection reports on what is visible and accessible. A septic system is neither: the tank is buried, the drain field is under the lawn, and a system that is failing can look and smell entirely normal on a dry week in October.
So it is tested as a separate service, booked alongside the inspection. On any rural property, and on anything with a lawn that is suspiciously green in one patch, it is worth the money.
What you get
Three things this buys you.
Two to three hours on site for a typical property, and the report within 48 hours. If the utilities are off we bring propane and a generator and power the building up rather than reporting it as unverified.
Booked with the inspection
One appointment rather than two, which matters against a closing date.
Reported with everything else
The result arrives in the same document as the rest of the findings.
We do not sell the repair
We test and report. Pumping and repair go to a licensed contractor.
Where we draw the line
We inspect. We do not repair.
Our code of ethics forbids our inspectors from performing repairs, or from estimating repair costs, on a property they have inspected. An inspector who can profit from the problems he finds has a reason to find them.
You get a plain account of what is wrong and how serious it is. A licensed contractor prices and fixes it, and we will come back and re-inspect the work at a minimal fee.
Often booked with this
- Well testing
- Sewer scope
- Home inspection
- Radon testing
- Air quality testing
- Log home inspection
Septic
Book the inspection.
Monday to Friday 8am–6pm, Saturday 9am–2pm. Give us the address and we will scope the right inspection for the property.