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Old 05-25-2014, 12:04 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by jmen24 View Post

It may help to have a septic design done on raw land as well, not fun to plan around 3 bedrooms when you can only have 2. This can be worked around by using an engineered septic system, BI suggested that earlier, but it chews into your budget.
On an island an engineered septic system is usually cheaper than the standard design. The engineered system will use much less sand, and truckloads of sand delivered to an island by barge is very expensive.
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