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Homeowner attempt own septic repair. Ends up discharging sewage onto neighbor’s property

Homeowner attempt own septic repair. Ends up discharging sewage onto neighbor’s property

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**Warning** Those with weak constitutions should not watch this video. I am pretty sure one can smell it through their smart phones or monitors. 🙂 Homeowner has their septic system backup. Toilets stopped working. So they did what a lot of do-it-yourself do. The do whatever it takes to get them working again. Now the toilets do work again. But they ended up discharging their sewage to their neighbors property. One can understand why the neighbor is upset. I sure…

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Septic Tank Decommission

Septic Tank Decommission

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Most people think that all septic contractors are the same. That our only difference is the price. And this cannot be further from the truth. Competitor who is much cheaper decommissioned this septic tank and hooked up this house to city sewer. Reason for this was the client wanted to build an addition over his septic system, which is not allowed, so hooking up to city sewer was required. Septic tank was not decommissioned correctly, and now the client wants…

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Don’t pour concrete over septic tank

Don’t pour concrete over septic tank

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Client is selling his home.  He’s not having any problems, but he needs a real estate inspection so he can complete his transaction to the new buyers.  The client thought he had done everything right.  Made sure that there was an opening for when his tank needed pumped.  Unfortunately he didn’t put in enough access holes into his concrete pad.  It took two hours of running the concrete saw and the jackhammer to get into the lid of this septic…

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Tree Roots in Septic Tank Removal

Tree Roots in Septic Tank Removal

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Hello there septic system owners.  This blog post is about trees and what they do to your septic system.  But in this case it’s just the septic tank that stopped working.  They can do all sorts of damage. This client has been warned for many years.  10 years ago roots had started infiltrating the seams of the septic tank.  At that time the client was told it would be a good idea to cut the trees down by the septic…

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Service Call Fee for Septic Bids

Service Call Fee for Septic Bids

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Here’s another story for the “I cannot make this stuff up file.”   Let’s talk fees for a second. Our “Service Call Fee” is $125.00. That fee get’s our truck on site and starts working for emergencies. But then we go by the hour plus parts until we are done.   There are other guys out there that’ll do a $75.00 service call.   We lose some work to this problem over the phone. One needs to understand the difference….

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Groundwater intrusion by heavy rains and high groundwater solved

Groundwater intrusion by heavy rains and high groundwater solved

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  This homeowner did not want to divert water by digging rain drains and ditches. Super nice yard, didn’t want dug up. One option is to trench the water to off of the tanks and direct water downhill.  Frenchdrains work great for this too.  But in this case, the homeowner’s yard would have been destroyed to his house as that’s where the raindrains are, down hill. So we chose another alternative means to divert groundwater and rainwater off of his…

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Lack of Septic Pumping leads to Septic System Failure

Lack of Septic Pumping leads to Septic System Failure

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This septic emergency was because of lack of maintenance. This client was under the impression that you never need to pump the septic system, unless it’s giving you trouble.  He adds septic tank additives every months.  It’s never giving him a problem before. Unfortunately, over 8 years, it completely packed with solids.  All a septic tank does is separate liquids from solids and allow liquids to enter the drainfield.  If the septic tank get’s too full, it will allow solids…

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how septic systems work

how septic systems work

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Watch this video for a basic understanding how simple septic systems work. This applies to all Gravity Septic systems. The more you know     Thanks for watching,   Ronnie

Septic System Inspection Video

Septic System Inspection Video

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Here is an example of what a video of a septic inspection for a real estate transaction where a video is required.  This buyer called us to inspect this system and didn’t know where the components were, and this house was Bank Owned. This inspection cost this buyer $135.00, “Cowlitz County” rate.  No additional charges to find the tank, nor dig it out.  Although, this lid was super duper heavy, and I required the homeowner’s assistance to get that lid…

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