Your November column was a good article and a good idea (“If I Were an Onsite Inspector,” Onsite Installer, November 2010). As I held all trade credentials in Minnesota, as inspector, installer, soil tester and designer, I found many places where a point-of-sale inspection brought problems to the attention of many different parties.An inspection for a refinance might become a problem where a homeowner found himself faced with denial of a loan because of underlying problems that became evident. In such cases, the onsite system works fine, but it does not meet the present code, either because of tank issues
