"Pat" wrote in message
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Also, presuming worst case, the perforated pipes into the field
are clogged. Would just "jetting" them be a simple, low cost fix?

(some sites say, nope, need new field - other posters on some
sites are saying "rip off", and all they did is "jet" them and
it unclogged them fine - there are no roots or such , it's a flat
field).

any thoughts ? obviously, i don't want to spend a lot of $$ on
this.


I think jetting would only be useful if the tank had failed in some manner
allowing solids to pass into the field. Fields are normally repaired by
increasing their size by adding more lines. Do you know the number and
length of the lines? Is the field heavily loaded?


I don't know how many or how long.

There are no signs (in the house) of ANY problems whatsoever.
NO signs or odors outdoors either (over the field). The house
was only occupied by 2 people. So there was never a large
volume of waste going out. Unfortunately, the tank had not
been pumped in maybe 10+ yrs of usage.

The inspection company claims the field is "saturated" when
a probe hole is dug.

Having Google'd the subject, there are conflicting claims of
how and what can be done (ranging from using something called
Sep2Max, to just jetting the pipes, to using other chemicals,
to putting in a new field). One expert has one opinion with a
cheering section that claims he's right, another expert says
no that's not going to work, blah, blah, blah.

It's impossible to try and figure out who's right.