If your home relies on a septic system, it’s a good idea to try to conserve the amount of water you use on a daily basis. Fortunately, it’s not that difficult to do. By slightly tweaking some of your normal activities, you can significantly cut down on your water usage and protect the health of… Read more »
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Signs and Symptoms of a Drainfield Failure
The drainfield in your septic system plays a critical role in its operation by filtering contaminates from the waste products in the septic tank. If the drainfield isn’t working properly, you may need to have your septic system serviced right away. Check out a few common signs of drainfield failures below. Pooling Water in Your… Read more »
Things to Look for When Shopping for a New Toilet
While most people spend a lot of time shopping around for items like TVs, refrigerators, washers and dryers, they don’t always invest that same time when shopping for a new toilet. In many cases, people simply opt for whatever is cheapest without doing much research. That’s a little surprising when you consider how much time… Read more »
How Does Soil Affect Your Septic System?
Before you have a septic system installed on your property, it’s important to have your yard’s soil tested to ensure that it will be able to handle everything that the septic system throws at it. Your soil will have a very important job, as it will be responsible for helping dispose of the effluent that… Read more »
How Are Portable Restrooms Cleaned and Sanitized?
Portable restrooms sure are convenient. It’s no wonder they seem like they’re everywhere these days, especially at public events like fairs, festivals and music concerts. When you gotta go, you gotta go, and portable restrooms serve an important purpose. Here’s a question, then– how are they cleaned and sanitized? No doubt you’ve been in some… Read more »
How Do You Know If You Have a Septic Drain Field Problem?
How do you know if you have a septic drain field problem? There are several clues. First, do you notice that your toilets or drains aren’t flushing as fast as they used to? Have you heard any weird “septic noises?” Is your pump or high-level water alarm making noises? Next, outdoors where the septic drain… Read more »
Commonly Asked Questions about Grease Traps
Grease messes with sewers in a way that causes blockages. Of course, as you’d imagine, it’s no good if and when a sewer gets blocked up. Oftentimes, wastewater ends up overflowing, damaging people’s property as well as infiltrating local bodies of water. Gross. People are smart, though, about grease– thankfully. There’s such a thing as… Read more »
Reasons to Have a Portable Restroom at a Construction Site
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Since construction workers aren’t going to be able to “hold it all day” on their jobs anytime soon, it makes sense to have portable restrooms at construction sites. One of the main reasons to have portable restrooms on-site is convenience. Workers can use them anytime, day or night…. Read more »
Things to Avoid Dumping Down Your Drain
There are certain things that should go down the drain in your house and other things that should not. For instance, water from the kitchen sink or showerhead is meant to go down the drain. Coffee grounds, grease from the bacon you cooked on the stove, and eggshells are three things, for example, that belong… Read more »
The Benefits of Having a Portable Restroom at Your Summer Party
Most homeowners do not like people tracking mud into the house. They also tend to not want guests going upstairs to use the bathroom up there, since there are so many personal items in that room. Furthermore, if the party is outside, and homeowners are hosting guests they don’t know well, they dread seeing those people… Read more »