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 »
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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 »
Things to Avoid Putting In Your Septic System
Poop happens, right? A septic system is able to handle a lot of poop, but there are some things it’s not made to handle, like grease, tampons or motor oil. Septic systems are self-contained underground wastewater treatment systems. If your home isn’t connected to a municipal sewer system, you probably have a septic tank buried… Read more »
Erratic Weather Leads to Broken Septic Tanks
All over the country, the strange weather is wreaking havoc on people’s minds and pocketbooks. In some areas, the weather is unseasonably warm whereas in other parts there are ongoing Snowmageddons that are tearing families apart. This week Winter Storm Kayla is spreading blizzard conditions through the Plains and Upper Midwest. Compare that to the… Read more »
Don’t Throw Your Resolutions down the Drain
Welcome to 2016! From all of us at Freedom Septic Service, we hope you and your family had a great holiday season, but now that it is the first week of the New Year, we have to get back in the driver’s seat and drive down that road of the daily grind. Sometimes this road… Read more »