Housing Bits

[rowyn]

I don't really have much to say, I think. I'd do some more reading but not much has been posted on my friends list since this morning except links, and my work blocks half of those anyway. Especially the religious ones. Apparently the web-blocking software we have equates religion with pr0n.

It's not been a good week for me so far. I'm still waiting to hear back from Amy about the house. Angela was trying to talk me out of buying a house with a septic tank. I prowled a bit on the web, and it seems like -- as long as it's okay now -- it's not that much of an issue to maintain. "Regular septic tank maintenance" appears to be "flush some solution down the toilet once a month". Big deal. So I'll have it inspected and not worry about it if the inspector doesn't report a problem.

Assuming the seller accepts my bid.

Well, I've been at lunch 30 minutes now. Might as well clock back in.

Comments

[jordangreywolf.livejournal.com]

I know it has something to do with toilets ... but I'm not really certain what a septic tank is. I guess it's a tank that holds septic waste in it. But what's the point of it? Is having a septic tank a good thing or a bad thing? Not that I assume that the answer is something for polite company discussion, given the topic. Just showing off my ignorance. =)

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

In the same boat! I'm guessing that the septic tank replaces being connected directly to sewage lines for removal of sewage. Maybe some truck comes around regularly to pump the septic tank waste away?

[rowyn]

Areas that don't have sewer systems have septic tanks. There's no sewer in the area around the bank, so if I want to live within a mile or two of the bank, then the house I'll get will have a septic tank. If I live a bit farther, I get back into the area that has sewers. I don't know any more than that, myself. :)

[ltwarhound.livejournal.com]

Actually, a sewer line replaces a septic tank. Newer/older. Older houses, houses away from 'civilization', any place without existing/planned sewers will have septic tanks.

Big tank, in the ground, no easy access. You excavate, remove top, empty, reseal, bury again. Repeat as needed, decades normally between servicing.

Not cheap, not pretty. But, it works.