How common are houses with no septic system?

jazzman · 07-14-2011, 12:01 AM

I'm looking at an island property. It's only 20 years old, but it has a grey water system for shower/dishwasher/washer/sinks+ incinerataor toilet. Is this common and how drastically does this limit potential resale? I don't know if this was done in this house to save initial building costs of if maybe the lot can't accomidate a real septic system.

I can't find anyone with much good said about incinerator toilets. It looks like a company called ecojohn may have some new higher tech models that actually use low flush toilets. I bet they're real expensive though and use propane for incineration and I bet getting propane is another whole set of problems.

07-14-2011, 12:01 AM	#1
jazzman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mont Vernon NH & Big Barndoor Island Posts: 327 Thanks: 4 Thanked 185 Times in 63 Posts	How common are houses with no septic system? I'm looking at an island property. It's only 20 years old, but it has a grey water system for shower/dishwasher/washer/sinks+ incinerataor toilet. Is this common and how drastically does this limit potential resale? I don't know if this was done in this house to save initial building costs of if maybe the lot can't accomidate a real septic system. I can't find anyone with much good said about incinerator toilets. It looks like a company called ecojohn may have some new higher tech models that actually use low flush toilets. I bet they're real expensive though and use propane for incineration and I bet getting propane is another whole set of problems.