Joel Grayson, Author at Backyard Septic

Buying a House With a Septic System? My Pre-Offer Checklist

Last fall, I watched a couple lose their dream home — not to a higher bidder, but to a failed […]

A few years back, a couple called me in a panic two weeks after closing on their dream rural property.

Any situation where you’d need to enter or lean over an open tank That last point is critical safety information,

Last fall, I got a call from a homeowner in rural Tennessee. She’d been having slow drains for months. Her

Last fall, I got a panicked call from a homeowner about an hour outside the city. Water was backing up

Every few months, a homeowner asks me some version of the same question: “Joel, do septic additives work — or

I’ve been inside — metaphorically speaking — hundreds of septic tanks over my 15-year career as an inspector and rural

Last fall, I walked a property in rural Tennessee where the homeowner had no idea his drainfield was failing. The

Last month, a homeowner called me in a panic. She’d just bought a rural property in East Texas and her

Last fall, I got a call from a homeowner in rural Tennessee. She’d just had her septic system back up