Q: I recently moved from a house on a city sewer system to a rural retirement home that has a septic tank. What can you tell me about septic tanks? At my last home, I had clogging issues in my main ...

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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 ...

Question: The home we’re buying was built in 1947, and it still has the original septic tank. We’ve never had a home with a septic system. The seller promised to pay for an inspection and then backed ...