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For home inspectors adding septic, pumping techs and NAWT exam candidates. One topic per page: the drawing first, then the numbers and steps to remember. 64 illustrated pages.
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Each page has a big drawing and a box with the numbers and steps you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 60 topics.
You're standing over an open tank with the sampler in your hand, and the buyer's agent asks: "So, does it need pumping?" You have the reading. You're just not sure what it means.
The manual has the answer, but it's spread over three paragraphs about liquid depth, layer ratios and outlet clearance. Read at night after a full day on the job, it doesn't stick.
In the book, that question is one page: the tank drawn in cross-section, scum within 6 inches of the outlet tee bottom, sludge within 12 inches, and the total-depth rule in a box, flagged to check against your county. You hold your reading up to the drawing and you know.
The same goes for baffles and tees, float order in a pump tank, the distribution box, drainfield failure signs and recommendation wording: each one has its own page.
You understand it, you make the call and you write it in the report without going back to the manual.
The system as one path, records and interview, locating and opening safely, inside the tank, pump tanks and advanced units, distribution and drainfield, the written report, and a review with a field checklist: 64 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
It's a title-transfer inspection. The pump tank lid is off, the alarm never sounded, and you need to know which float does what before you write a word.
You open the book to the float page: three floats drawn in a column, pump off at the bottom, pump on above it, the high-water alarm on top. One look and you know what to test first.
Same with measuring sludge, the inlet and outlet tees, the D-box, observation ports and recommendation wording: each one on its own page.
Septic Inspection Illustrated is 8 parts and 60 topics, all drawn, and at the end a review with the key numbers, the most common field and report mistakes, and the terms to know for the exam.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
The whole path from house drain to soil, the 7-step order, what the tank and drainfield actually do, conventional vs. alternative systems, tank types, and inspection vs. pumping vs. design.
Where the records live, reading an as-built, bedrooms and gallons per day, the homeowner interview, vacancy and water use, red flags in the paperwork, and scope and access.
The site walk, finding the tank, setbacks to measure, why you never enter a tank, opening lids and risers, your field kit and the photo order on site.
Normal liquid level, inlet and outlet baffles or tees, inlet higher than outlet, measuring sludge and scum, when to pump, effluent filters and structural defects.
Pump tanks, float order, testing the high-water alarm and the pump cycle, control panel safety, ATUs, mounds, sand filters and drip systems.
The D-box and its failure signs, trenches, beds and chambers, probing, observation ports, normal vs. failing, hydraulic load and dye testing, and what kills a drainfield.
Report structure, measurements that hold up, condition ratings, limitations and disclaimers, recommendation wording, and title-transfer and county forms.
The whole inspection on one page, key numbers, normal vs. failed at a glance, the most common field and report mistakes, exam terms and your state and county checklist.
At the end of the book: The whole inspection on one page, the key numbers, the most common field and report mistakes, exam terms and a state and county checklist.
Test yourself on tanks, baffles, pump controls, drainfields and reports, and see why each answer is right before exam day.
See the most common field and report mistakes drawn next to the right way, so you avoid them on your next inspection.
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The whole system drawn as one path, so you can stop referring it out and walk the property in the same order every time.
The inspection standards organized step by step, with the key numbers in a box and practice questions to check yourself before exam day.
What you see every day, put in inspection order: what to measure, what to test and how to write it so the report holds up.
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Yes, if you want it all in one order. It doesn't teach plumbing basics: it goes straight to the inspection, what to measure, what to test and how to word it in the report. If you already pump tanks or inspect homes, it puts what you know in inspection order and gives you the key numbers to review before the exam.
From the current NAWT inspection standards and training material, the U.S. EPA Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual and EPA SepticSmart guidance. The method is the same everywhere; what changes by place (setbacks, pump intervals, title-transfer forms) is flagged on the page so you confirm it with your state and county rules. The review section ends with a state and county checklist to fill in with yours.
No. It's an independent illustrated study book. It is not published or endorsed by NAWT, the EPA or any county, and it does not give you a certificate, continuing-education hours, NAWT certification or county registration. You still take the official course and exam; this helps you study and review for them.
No. It does not replace NAWT training, state or county licensing, OSHA confined-space training or your local onsite rules. It helps you study and review them.
No. They are written for this book, in exam style, to help you check what you know. They are not official exam questions.
As a PDF by email, sent to the address you enter at checkout. The two bonus books come the same way.
No. It's a one-time payment.
Yes. The PDF is printable, so you can print it at home or at a print shop and keep it in the truck.
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No more rereading the standards with nothing sticking.
Sludge, scum and floats: you see them drawn, and that's it.
You get to the exam and the job knowing where everything is.
Drawings make studying faster.
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