Do you wonder how septic systems work? I never gave it much thought in all the years I lived in Cincinnati. Every house I lived in was connected to a municipal sewer line. Just about every house I ...

Few of the houses I’ve built have needed their own septic systems. One house that did, however, stands out in my mind. The lot wasn’t big enough to support a traditional leach field. (I’ll get into ...

A septic system sounds straightforward—you install the tank, run the lines, and call it a day. But most of the regrets homeowners have with septic setups come down to one thing: location. Once it’s in ...