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We are looking in the Wake Forest area for relocation, and most of houses have septic tanks and wells. I know that in many areas, both of these systems can cause massive headaches with water conditioning systems required to make well water usable and constant problems with septic tank drain fields. If anyone has first hand experience with these systems in the Wake Forest area, I would appreciate their insights.
I imagine the horror stories you've heard come from folks who don't perform any preventative maintenance.
A septic system needs to be pumped ~4 years. Don't put food down the drain (hence the reason why very few houses on a septic system don't have a garbage disposal). Don't use a lot of bleach. Don't drive a car over the septic field. Don't plant trees over the septic field.
A well requires very little maintenance other than a once-a-year sanitizing which consists of pouring a cup of bleach down the well, circulate the water, and let it sit for a day before rinsing the system. A water softener is nice but isn't required. Majority of houses with wells do have a whole-house filter installed which needs changing ~3 months at $5/each.
We are looking in the Wake Forest area for relocation, and most of houses have septic tanks and wells. I know that in many areas, both of these systems can cause massive headaches with water conditioning systems required to make well water usable and constant problems with septic tank drain fields. If anyone has first hand experience with these systems in the Wake Forest area, I would appreciate their insights.
If you are buying an exiting home, just have the well inspected on your dime to make sure it is good. As far as filtering well water, alot of people also have the same filter setup for community wells that come from a comercial source so it doesnt matter. At least you dont need to pay for water which like everything else is just going up.
It is acutally a plus in my book. Never had septic issues (pump every 3 years)
clean septic filter every 6 -12 months
I filter all my water anyway.
We are in wake forest, we have septic, and have not had problems with it. This summer we had to move some lines (in order to install our pool) and change the repair area, so we had a septic designer come out and redesign it for us. Anyhow, she said everything looked very good.
But yes, never drive on the septic field!
We are also on a well, but it is a community well so it is taken care of by heater utilities
Agree with posters who say to maintain is easy and the system is no problem. I had one at a prior home for around 14 yrs...never, ever an issue with the septic. I used to pour buttermilk down the toilet once per month (found this info on line) and never had any issues. It apparently has the same good bacteria as those pkts of dried "stuff" you can now buy to flush down there. I liked having the system and wouldn't hesitate again to buy a home with it.
Well's are great , no BS chemically treated, flouride poison crap that is city supplied. A couple of notes about wells 1-Don't poison with bleach use H2O2 (techinical or food grade not the stuff they intensionally poison at the pharmacy) 2-You need access to a generator .....no electricity no water. 3- They are not that complicated systems so get to know how to fix it or have a reserve set aside for when it goes down over a weekend and you have to pay a specialist double time to come out on a Sat evening to get your water up and running.
There is a septic filter ???? Really hoping you meant water filter.
Yes, its plastic and very easy to clean and you should. Typically you have 2 man hole covers, the one furthest from the house usally has the filter which you just pull straight up and out (its plastic) and house it clean. It is there to keep anything undisolved from making to the drainfield pipes. Sometimes a blocked filter can acutally make it seem like the septic is failing.
Had a septic system for 12 years, prior to living here, never a problem. Have a septic now in WF, and dont anticipate any problems. Treat /maintain them right, don't flush what you shouldn't and no worries.
Had a well previously also, which we miss a great deal. Have Franklin county water now. While the cost savings with a well was great, bigger benefit was the taste, over the public water systems. I have filters on our water now, without it, you can just smell the chlorine as it's running. Water shouldnt have an odor
Thanks for all the good feedback. We've never had either ourselves, and some friends who do up in NJ have nothing good to say about either system, but I believe their geographic is the problem. Thanks again to everyone who replied.
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