: I dont know where you live, but the state where i live the person who puts the system in is not responsible for the grades being wrong. The engineer decides what the grades will be for the field. The only things the contractor is responsible for is making sure the tank is at an elevation that will let the house run into it and let it run to the field, and to put everything in accordng to what is on the plans. everything abouth field is already specified. so if the field is bad you need to find out if it was a faulty design or just not put in to specifications. so first you need to figure out who is to blame before you can worry about liability. I can tell you it will be difficult to get anyone to fix something they did 5 yars ago for free. the good news is that you should be able to get it patched by someone without getting anything engineered.Andrew: Thank you for replying. Thats just it, the septic and drain field are uphill from the line that runs from my house. Is that the builder, contractor or who? decides where the items are placed. I live in Calvert County, Southern Maryland. I mean if the drain field is in my front yard and my property slopes (not drastically) downhill from my frontyard to my backyard then shouldnt there be some kind of pump to pump the stuff uphill. Where should I begin to see who is liable/responsible or thats what I want to find out. I know that legally the warranty is over so there may actually not be anyone liable. BUT I want to know if there is something I can do if I find info (which I know unofficially) that the builder(or whoever) doesnt put the items in right and many many of this builders customers have had septic/drain field problems within 5 years of their house being built.
