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Yup, I remember those days with a Well & Septic.....always had a few gallons of water in the fridge, and if a storm was predicted to be wicked.....filled the tub in case the power went out so we could refill the toilet tank to flush. New home owners painting rooms with a their first Septic sometimes make the mistake of cleaning paint brushes / rollers in the sink which is no good for the fields.......gotta be careful what goes down that drain
Unless you have a pumped system, your septic will function just fine in a power outage. Provided, of course, that you have water to flush with.
It's a pretty good idea here in CT to have a generator. We do have power outages. Some of them can be of fairly long duration. Lots of things in your house won't work without power.
Bingo, generators keep the water flowing in power outages. Oddly enough, I had friends on the shoreline who either did not maintain water pressure or had no drink enforcements on their public systems following Sandy.
Bingo, generators keep the water flowing in power outages. Oddly enough, I had friends on the shoreline who either did not maintain water pressure or had no drink enforcements on their public systems following Sandy.
Bingo, generators keep the water flowing in power outages. Oddly enough, I had friends on the shoreline who either did not maintain water pressure or had no drink enforcements on their public systems following Sandy.
That must have been a perfect storm (no pun intended).
Since 9/11 FEMA has been very intense for public water/sewer systems have the ability to maintain service during power outages (EPA, due to sewer). Enough so that grant programs were developed which funneled money to jurisdictions for generators to keep the water flowing and the sewage moving and treated.
We have to develop emergency plans for various scenarios impacting water/sewer. We're updating ours now.
I bet what happened in Sandy was that you had multiple houses knocked off their foundations which ruptured the supply laterals. That drew down the supply system and tanks. Especially since, with the flooding, crews couldn't get to the street shut off valves to isolate those houses, either individually or in system modules.
I'd walk fast from that deal, actually run. Had a friend in Newtown who's septic went recently- $20K down the "drain".
Honestly, this is more of what I have heard people paying for a new septic system. That is why I question what the OP is having done for a couple of thousand dollars. Jay
That must have been a perfect storm (no pun intended).
Since 9/11 FEMA has been very intense for public water/sewer systems have the ability to maintain service during power outages (EPA, due to sewer). Enough so that grant programs were developed which funneled money to jurisdictions for generators to keep the water flowing and the sewage moving and treated.
We have to develop emergency plans for various scenarios impacting water/sewer. We're updating ours now.
I bet what happened in Sandy was that you had multiple houses knocked off their foundations which ruptured the supply laterals. That drew down the supply system and tanks. Especially since, with the flooding, crews couldn't get to the street shut off valves to isolate those houses, either individually or in system modules.
As a matter of fact, it was the Perfect Storm.
Northwest quadrant (higher winds) of the storm hitting the area pushing and funneling Atlantic ocean waters into LI sound coupled with the a full moon high tide.
My 2 cents - I would walk away. Failing septic systems are not something you want to be involved in. You also said that a deck was built over the tank, so if the tank needs to be replaced that deck will need to go too.
I would expect the worse once they get into it. A total system will be at least 20k dollars. Also, I don't think any bank will give a loan on a property with septic issues. The seller will have to have it fixed. I suspect seller knows more than is letting on that's why he won't fix it.
My hunch too
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