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well water, septic, and private trash oh my!

Has anyone had any of the above? We will be getting the septic and well inspected. My biggest concern is the well water. Cam aanyone who has/has had well water tell me a little about it?

Re: well water, septic, and private trash oh my!

  • I have well water and septic system.  You will want to pay close attention to what's in your water, high iron, acidity levels and then compensate appropriately, water softeners, filters,etc.

    Find out as much as you can about your pump.  And remember when the power goes out so does  your water. 

    Spetics you'll want to be carefulk of what goes down.  Waste only, careful about cleaning products that goes down b/c you need to keep an active bacteria ecosystem in the tank.

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  • I agree with watch the cleaning products with a septic. Cannot use bleach cleaning products. Also no girl products can be flushed.

    I would recommend having someone come out and service the septic.

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  • Thank you so much! I never knew you could not use dump bleach! Dumb question. Even cleaning the toilet no bleach? I know there are alternatives to bleach out there. Once we hear back from the seller we are getting a regular home inspection, lead inspection, well, and septic inspection. I'll look into generators as well. 
  • Check to make sure what the septic tank is made out of and how old it is.  You can in fact use bleach cleaning product with a septic tank, but not excessively - a load of laundry or cleaning the toilet once a week shouldn't be a problem.

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  • We were told when we got our septic tank looked at - no bleach products. My parents have a new one and they were told no bleach products. Bleach kills bacteria thus throwing off the bacteria needed to decompose.

    We use greased lightning which works wonders. There is also a great bathroom cleaner that uses hydrogen peroxide.

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  • I will look into grease lightening.  I am trying to move over to green products anyway. Like making my own. I'm trying to go green and save some money! :)
  • @g2soccertaz When we had our septic looked at, the guy said to only use bleach cleaning products. He said they are the best for the septic. 

    As for well water, let me tell you what we've gone through: with our inspection we found that we had acidic water. pH 6.5 I think. Our house has copper pipes so we were very concerned; however, in NJ pH testing is secondary so the owner didn't have to correct it. So we had an old in line filter and a water softener when we moved in and had to upgrade to a spin down filter and install a pH neutralizer in the basement. We call the house the fish tank because of all the water upgrades we're doing and now we aren't sure if the softener is working properly or what our water hardness is. UGH! Only been here 2 months. 

    Good luck with your inspections. Make sure the septic inspector puts the camera down and checks out the pipelines and the distribution box. Don't build anything or drive over or do anything crazy over your leach field. Mowers are okay. 
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  • We just went through all of this! Hopefully we'll close on our new house 9/15 :) the well worried is because there's no way to know when/if a well will dry up. The water test (paid for by sellers) came out find. The septic was a problem - a huuuuuuge problem- but, thanks to NJ's strict regulations our house will have a brand spankin' new septic system installed - paid for by the sellers - when we move in! For us, the septic inspection cost more than the whole house inspection, but it was very worth it. We chose to have an inspector who did NOT install/service septic systems do the inspection to maintain some sense of objectivity - we didn't want someone who was just trying to make a sale. We also have private trash! We are actually buying a junk truck specifically for trash transportation, the idea of moving it in my van or SUV grosses me out! It will be a lifestyle change for sure, but I'm looking forward to if!
  • We just bought a home with a well and septic. The septic needs to be serviced every 6 months. They told us no bleach, and recommended that we not use tide detergent. Both well and septic were inspected at the sellers expense during the buying process. Even so, after we moved in we weren't happy with the water. My hair looked awful no matter what I did and the water had a faint odor to it. DH handled that but we had to pay for additional equipment totaling around 1600 to get the water where we wanted it to be.
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  • Thank you all for all of this advice! I contacted in inspector today and we are getting it all inspected by one person
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