Question for Massachusetts plumbers or Home inspectors?

[kingston73]

We bought a house a week ago in MA. It has a septic system that passed title 5 and we did have a home inspection before buying. 3 days of living there and the dishwasher broke so we bought a new one and tried to have it installed this past saturday. The installer looked over the system and told us we have a non-regulation system and was surprised the inspector didn't see it.

Apparently in MA all plumbing needs to be discharged into the septic system, but in our house the kitchen sink and dishwasher discharge into what the installer called a dry well.

Any explanations on MA plumbing code and regulations would be appreciated, I tried reading through the actual regulations and couldn't understand most of it.

The house was completely redone inside 2 years ago so the septic system and all the plumbing is only 2 years old (late 2013)

 

[jeffesonm]

You can install the dishwasher yourself, super easy. Find the breaker and turn it off. Find the water line and close the valve. Take apart/out the old one.... you might need to reach under to unhook the water line first, but you can probably just slide it out once you unscrew it from the counter or adjacent cabinets. Unscrew the water line, unclamp the drain line and unhook the power. Hook them all back up to the new one and bam, you're done! Way less work than researching code, talking to plumbers, even worse, code officials, and worst of all, having to re-do or replace other stuff.

 

[billb3]

my dishwasher and kitchen sink goes into a grey water drywell
if it meets 310 CMR 15.253 you're supposed to be golden
you may also be grandfathered by original permit date - check local


there are rules for grey water and rules for black water

black water absolutely has to go to septic