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Why Not Dye Test?
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Dye Testing Vs. Comprehensive Septic Inspections
Dye Testing finds 5% of the problems, 5% of the time. Dye Testing has never been a practical application for determining the health of a septic system, although they were more successful in years past. Septic systems, in the past, were generally no deeper than 1-2 feet under grade.
Today Septic Systems vary by county, town, neighborhood, and yard. Septic drainfields have become deeper and deeper as the result of building on ground that may not have been built on in the past. Drainfields are now being put 3 and 4 feet deep to get under the clay soil, and sometimes deeper! A Dye Test will not make its way up through 3 feet of clay.
This is one reason to invest in Comprehensive Septic Inspections, but there are so many more. A Dye Test will show a failed drywell or drainfield 5% of the time. Heres what a Dye Test will not show:
Metal Tanks
The location of the tank
Leaking Concrete Tanks
Heavy solids in tanks
Faulty Pumps
Faulty Floats
Broken Baffles
Poor flow to the tank
Full or nearly full drainfields and drywells (98% of the time)
Unleveled distribution boxes
Clogged or broken lines
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Realtors are exposing themselves to liability with every house they sell. This exposure will never be eliminated, but the objective for you must be to limit this liability by choosing the right inspection with the right company.
Comprehensive septic inspections with a comprehensive septic inspector will be able to find problems like these. There are no qualified septic inspectors that will perform Dye Testing, because they understand how much of the story will not be told.
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