How to clean a sand mound

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Every homeowner dreads anything to do with a septic tank and sand mound. This article will talk a little about how to clean a sand mound and what is involved in cleaning out a system. Uncertainty filled you when you found out that your septic system will be a sand mound. It was not the usual septic system that is designed, built, and installed underground. It is above the surface … Read more

Do water softeners harm cesspits?

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This article will touch base on the age old question of do water softeners harm cesspits? Spending half of your life in another country was a great idea at first but eventually, you wanted to know about your roots. And this meant that you would have to go to the ancestral house that your grandmother has left you years ago. When you finally set foot in that ancient house, you … Read more

How to aerate a sand mound

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Summer vacation started on a Saturday. It was a very hot day then. Of course, you just decided to sit in the terrace and lounge around with the electric fan focused on you and your faithful English mastiff. You lazily watched the tall pitcher of ice tea sweat out slowly as the ice melted away in the heat. The sun was too unbearable to even walk to your front yard’s … Read more

Are septic aerators beneficial?

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Most of the time, when technology seems to be too overwhelming already, there can be moments when you get to ask yourself if it really does do you good. Look around you. Every facility these days has its own share of advanced technology. There are toilets or showers with heat sensors or motion detectors to automatically run or stop when you come and go. Bedrooms are equipped with lights and … Read more

Slow draining raised mound

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If the property that you just bought cannot accommodate a conventional septic system or a cesspool, then you have to get a raised mound. A raised mound is an alternative wastewater treatment system that is installed on a property that has a high water table or an aberrant soil type. It is a system that can be used if the soil has a fast or slow percolation rate. This attention … Read more

Septic additives do help septic tanks

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With your career as a blogger on various consumer products, it can be very tedious to test every single product for the benefit of your followers. Your job usually called for personal trials of the newest products in the market. It was never easy especially when it came to beauty and health products. It can be safely said that you have subjected yourself to be a human guinea pig. But … Read more

Odors coming from tub can mean trouble

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Before you even turned on the faucet to draw your bath, you smelled something disarming. Instantly, you recalled what your septic expert said… that odors coming from your tub can mean trouble. You knew that you have not been a very ideal homeowner so you were guilty of what had happened. In just a few minutes, the septic expert arrived and started enumerating the probable causes of what happened: 1) … Read more

Odors coming from back yard can mean trouble

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It was a clear, sunny day. You decided to stay in your back yard and just lounge around and be lazy. You deserved it because you spent two straight weeks as a research consultant for a group of college students in your university. You taught them techniques and referred them to reputable resources until they were confident enough to continue without your supervision. But they still contacted you through phone … Read more

Fixing and preventing septic tank wet spots

Do you know the ways in fixing and preventing septic tank wet spots? Anything about the septic system could really be a challenge to understand but when you have to keep valuable information about the septic system because you’re already a homeowner. One issue that you have to deal with when it comes to your septic system is the one about septic tank wet spots. Fixing and preventing septic tank … Read more

Can tree roots block or clog sand mounds?

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As technology paves the way for a brighter future for our planet, it couldn’t be helped if some of the natural resources perish. The main excuse for getting away with it is progress. Until this very day, one of the most abused natural resources is wood. The trees in various forests all over the world either slowly die or abruptly disappear because of man’s abusive ways. It is not a … Read more