Today is our perc test (as Steve got to find out by an early morning phone call). It's an interesting day for the test, since it has been cold, snowy and sleeting/raining for the last 24 hours.
From Wikipedia: "A percolation test consists of digging one or more holes in the soil of the proposed leach field to a specified depth, presoaking the holes by maintaining a high water level in the holes, then running the test by filling the holes to a specific level and timing the drop of the water level as the water percolates into the surrounding soil."
I suspect our soil is already pretty wet, given the rain, so it will be interesting to see how the test comes out. As one person noted, better to have the test on a wet day, and know what you're in for on future wet days, then have it in a drought and get the wrong idea about the soil. We'll find out soon how well the septic will work where we're thinking - the next hurdle in our race for a house.
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thanks for sharing
really helpful post in terms of Perc Test
I also feel that if the soil is wet it will not be able to pass the Perc Test
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