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Old 10-13-2010, 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Da Nag View Post
When we had our septic installed a couple years back, I thought the same thing. But, you really can't tell anything until holes are dug and perc tests are run. You can have vastly different soil, even on the same piece of property.

According to our soils engineer, he'd seen systems ranging from $6K to $35K. All within 1/4 mile of us, and all on land that to my eye looks identical from the surface.
Yes, totally.
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