Septic is in!

Finally, finally, finally the septic system has been installed. Whoo! If I only knew then what I know now …. When we bought the land I dreamed of building an off-grid home with compost toilets (vericomposting would have been even better), a grey water system, and solar power. The first thing I did was send…

Getting a Septic System

Welp, we finally did it! We paid for a percolation (perc) test and put in our permit application for a septic system. For the perc test, we were quoted: $300 for the engineer $200 for the tractor guy Once we knew we “passed” the perc test, the plumber that did the test quoted us $4,100…