Waste and sewage that you rinse down the drains and toilets inside your home may go out of view, but it does not disappear completely. When you have a septic system, you need to make sure it is kept up and cleaned out with a professional pumping, and you shouldn't try to handle this yourself. Here is some insight to help you and tips for you to know and implement as you own a home with a septic tank and system to keep it working properly and flowing well with maintenance and repairs.
Handle Cleaning, Pumping, and Repairs
When your home is connected to a septic system, you have to take care that you get the tank pumped regularly and clean out the drain line system when it gets clogged. To do so, you will need to watch out for signs of clogs inside your home and also for too much drainage entering the drainfield lines and saturating the effluent site.
Find a local septic service professional in your area so you can keep your septic system pumped every three to five years, depending on your water usage. And once you have a reliable septic professional, they can help you out with cleaning the system and its drainfield lines and repairing it when damage occurs. Otherwise, if you don't handle maintenance and small repairs, you may end up requiring extensive replacement repairs to the drain lines and possibly the tank to restore its function.
Keep Maintenance Records of Your Septic System
As a homeowner with a septic system, you will need to keep a record of your system and its maintenance. First, find out the location in your yard of the tank and its access hatch. If there are risers on the access hatch, it will be above ground so it is not buried beneath soil. Otherwise, you will need to find the tank's location in your yard based on your home's sewer line positioning. This is important information so you can direct your septic professional for any service calls, cleaning, or repairs.
Keep track of each time you have the tank pumped so you don't end up overfilling your tank. Overfilling the tank can push solid waste into the tank outflow and into the drainfield lines that are only meant for liquids. You may end up having to excavate the drainfield lines and replace them to restore your tank's service.
Contact a company that offers septic cleaning and repair services to learn more.