Bohm Builders

You will need a soil test if you are building in the country and are not able to hook up to a municipal sewerage system. This testing of the soil, (formerly known as a perc test) is to find out what kind of soil you own and what kind of ability it has to filter the waste that flows from your sinks, tubs and toilets, into your septic system and eventually into the ground. Heavier, wetter soils such as clay have less ability to filter your waste. Lighter, sandier soils are ideal and consequently result in less expensive septic systems. So we need to find out what you got, we accomplish this with a Soil Test. The certified tester digs holes, goes down each of the holes and looks at the layers of soil to see what you own. He reports his find to the county in written form, they keep it on file for when you build. His recomendation for size and type of septic system is also recored on the soil test. Here’s some pics of a recent soil test that we did in Forest County.