One of the bigger unknowns in this whole house buying ordeal has been the septic. The pipe exited the basement in a bee line for the pool. Our concern had become that the pool may have been improperly placed on top of the tank or the leach field. When the house was originally listed, it was listed as having town sewer. When we called Town Hall to confirm, they laughed and said, “That would be rare indeed.” Turns out no town septic, just water, and only because it was so close to the river, about half the road only had town water, and those were the only houses in the entire town. Water, as it turned out, came from East Rochester! So not knowing where, and how big a tank and system, we decided a long time ago to get the system inspected.

Because of things the seller had to have fixed before we could ever have the system inspected, we actually had to put of the inspection twice. Today we could finally have the inspection. Matt from A-1 Enviro Service came out.I guess he has a nose for this kind of thing. In no time he had located the tank and was uncovering the covers. Turns out the tank and pool are a near 10 feet from each other, but 10 feet is plenty. It also turns out where we thought the leach field was, is correct, and again, the field and pool shall never meet.

One inspection down, and one to go. Later this afternoon we do the full house inspection, and leave behind an electronic radon detector. Crossed fingers, this thing might actually be wrapping up.