Clogged cesspool

Image of a clogged cesspool.

Clogged cesspool or strong septic tank odors coming from your local septic tank pump out guy can startle even the savviest of homeowner. The cost of replacing a septic system will almost certainly run into the tens of thousands of dollars in repairs or replacement cost. Well constructed cesspools will typically last 50 years plus when maintain properly and pumped out on a regular basis. Bacterial additive is one of … Read more

Cesspool Clogged

Cesspool clogged is a term widely used by professionals and homeowners country wide. The term usually describes the condition of a clogged cesspool or cesspit when a bio mat builds up at the bottom and sides of the tank. This can restrict water or effluent from filtering out into the soil. Improperly maintained or undertreated cesspool systems will accumulate a bio mat buildup eventually causing the cesspool to clog reducing … Read more

Cesspool Treatments

Cesspool treatments are essential to any home owner with a cesspool or cesspit. There are currently millions of homes in America that utilize a cesspool as a primary means of disposing of household waste water. If you are fortunate enough to have a cesspool or cesspit, consider yourself lucky. The systems are installed in place of a drain field. They are set in a vertical fashion and may be constructed … Read more

Unclog My Drain Field

Unclog my drain field is a question I hear frequently. Clogged septic tanks and drain fields are becoming more common than ever. This is primarily due to the fact anti bacterial hand soaps and harsh cleansers are more common than ever. These harsh anti bacterial chemicals kill off valuable beneficial coli form bacteria essential to the digestion process and the natural operation of the septic system and drain field. When … Read more

Septic Tank Toilet Paper

Septic tank toilet paper comes in many different shapes, sizes and forms. Pliability, texture and texture are all manufactured veritable. When shopping for a septic safe toilet paper, consumers need to be aware of the manufactures label. Even if the manufactures claims their product to be septic safe, the truth of the matter is that a large number of brands are not safe for use in septic system. Toilet paper … Read more

Septic Safe Toilet Cleaners

Onsite waste water treatment plants have been successfully used to treat waste water generated by residential homes for many years. These systems are commonly referred to as septic tanks or septic system and usually located in rural areas of the country where city sewer is not available. With a septic tank and drain field comes the responsibility of caring for the system, which includes septic safe toilet products. Septic safe … Read more

Difference between bacteria and enzymes

With all the confusion over whether to use bacteria or enzymes to unclog failing septic systems, a simple explanation of the two will hopefully put an end to this never ending debate. Bacteria eat waste within your septic, lines and any drainage areas such as a leach pit, lateral line or field. As the bacteria digests waste it creates enzymes which more or less liquefy waste, making it easier for … Read more

Leach Field Cleaning

Leach field cleaning is a term that has been widely used when referencing a septic tank and drain field pump out. If a septic system is properly maintained, the necessary maintenance that should be performed is a monthly bacterial maintenance treatment and a septic tank pump out every 3 to 4 years depending on the size of the home and the number of people residing in the residence. Leach field … Read more

Leach Field Treatment

Septic tank and leach field treatment typically consisting of a beneficial bacteria and enzyme additive. Before the introduction of harsh chemicals, anti bacterial hand soaps and cleaning products, septic systems functioned on their own with the help of coli form bacteria produced by humans and the normal operation of a septic system. Anti bacterial hand soaps and harsh chemicals kill off of the coli form of bacteria allowing solids to … Read more

Septic Safe Toilet Paper

Where to Buy Septic Safe Toilet Paper? There are many varieties of toilet papers on the market with many of them notentirely safe for septic systems. The Office of Wastewater Management has concluded from the 2007 Census Bureau that 20% or of U.S. homes are on some type of septic tanks and drain fields or septic cesspit system. That’s more than 26 million Americans that use an onsite wastewater treatment … Read more