Inspecting your home’s septic system is like inspecting your car’s oil. Both inspections are designed to identify issues with the vehicle before it breaks down. As a homeowner who has a septic system in their home, I recommend that you treat the septic system inspection as part of your normal maintenance routine for your home. … Read more
If your home uses a septic system, regular pumping is one of the most important maintenance tasks you can schedule. Septic tanks collect wastewater from your home. Heavy solids sink to the bottom and form sludge. Grease and lighter materials float to the top and form scum. Bacteria break down some of the waste, but … Read more
How Often Should You Pump a Septic Tank? Most septic tanks should be inspected every one to three years and pumped about every three to five years, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A good general rule for this system would be helpful; however, there will always be some homes that require additional pumping. … Read more
Your home’s septic system has one quiet job: move wastewater out of your home and treat it safely underground. When it works well, you hardly notice it. When it doesn’t, you notice fast. Good septic tank care and maintenance helps extend the life of your septic system and avoid backups, bad smells, slow drains, soggy … Read more
There is an “invisible” traffic light within your septic system known as a baffle. This is just another way of saying that it determines what items remain in the tank, and which ones leave the tank. As long as your baffle is functioning properly, you likely will not even be aware of its presence. If … Read more
A septic tank is a relatively simple, underground system that stores and processes the “dirty” wastewater from your home. Wastewater enters into the tank; solids (like sludge) sink to the bottom while greasier substances float on top. Eventually, enough sludge accumulates that it needs to be pumped from the tank or it can cause problems. … Read more
You step out into your yard, take a whiff, and feel the soggy grass beneath your feet. You haven’t received any recent rainfall. Then comes that nagging thought in your head: “This better not be the septic system.” Homeowners experience this situation all the time. Septic Tank Failures happen way more often than you realize, … Read more
The septic tank smell problems can be as frightening as having your home turn on you. Things appear normal one moment and you smell “rotten eggs” in your bath room, or that strange yard odor appears the next. Worry starts to creep into your mind regarding cost for repair, the health of your family, and … Read more
Your septic system has an unseen worker, in your yard, which processes all your household’s waste. A septic tank is a buried vessel (tank) that stores and separates waste prior to its flow into a drain field within the soil. The goal of this article is to provide information to homeowners with a septic system, … Read more
Sick of digging around in the dirt for the location of your septic tank every time the truck comes to pump your tank? That is where a septic tank riser comes in – the vertical extension that will bring your septic tank lid to the surface so you can easily locate it. A septic tank … Read more