ADB Construction Septic Blog

If your home has a septic system, you probably know how important it is to keep your home running. It is responsible for collecting the waste from your home, filtering wastewater, and ensuring that the groundwater around your home remains clean and sanitary. The importance of your septic system is no secret, but there are a few fun facts about your septic system that you might not know. We’ve compiled a list of the top ten fun facts about your septic system.

Pumping your septic tank is one of the most important parts of septic system maintenance. Your septic tank collects solid waste, filtering out liquids to be passed into the drain field and treated to be released as clean groundwater. To do its job correctly, your tank needs to be periodically emptied of its solids. Most homeowners with septic tanks know that they need to pump their tanks roughly every 3-5 years, but there are many different factors that will affect your recommended pumping schedule.

2019 is right around the corner, and that means it’s a great time to make resolutions to improve your life in the New Year. One area that can greatly improve your life is to devote time to maintaining your septic system. Your septic system is an essential part of your home, responsible for disposing of waste and treating water to make sure it’s clean and safe to drink. For this reason, it’s important to take care of it. To make a change and start taking proper care of your septic system in the New Year, make the following resolutions.

Water conservation is a great way to help the environment. Limiting wastewater will divert water from rivers, bays, and estuaries, while reducing the overall energy used to treat water. In addition to the aid to the environment, water conservation can help your septic system! The less water you use, the smaller the load is in the drain field, which will extend the life of your septic system overall. In order to properly conserve water, first you’ll need to know how. Here are some strategies that can help!

Proper maintenance is essential to keeping your septic system in good working order. There are some maintenance techniques, like watching what you flush down your toilet, that are good practice year round. However, there are also some maintenance techniques that are season-specific. We’ve compiled a list of tips to help you maintain your septic system in the fall. 

Septic system maintenance is a year-round task. It’s essential to keeping your septic system functioning properly and protecting your hone. Although it’s a year-round task, each season brings unique challenges that are important to note. We’ve compiled a list of tips for proper septic system maintenance in the summer. Follow these tips to help you keep your septic system functioning optimally during the unique challenges that summer brings.

Septic systems are usually installed in homes without access to public sewer lines. The systems work to dispose of waste and filter out wastewater. Many homeowners prefer septic systems to sewers as they are more environmentally friendly and allow homeowners to have more control over their wastewater. But how do these systems work? Here’s an explanation of the process a septic system goes through to dispose of wastewater.

Septic systems do a great job of keeping smelly stuff out of our homes. But what happens when they stop doing their jobs? When your septic tank has a problem, bad odors can leak into your property and home. Here are some common causes of septic tank odors and what you can do to prevent them.

Over-Filled Tank

One of the most common causes of odors coming from your septic tank is overflow. When your tank is too full, new wastewater can no longer replace old wastewater. Therefore, the old, smelly wastewater sits and flows out of your tank, releasing odors. It’s important to regularly pump your tank to prevent an overflowing tank. However, if it does happen, call a professional to pump out your tank and the odors should go away!

Regular maintenance of your septic system is important to preserve the efficiency and longevity of your system. But what exactly constitutes regular maintenance? There are various factors that affect how often your system should receive maintenance. Here are some of these factors that you should take into account when planning out your septic system’s maintenance. 

In our experience, many homeowners assume the toilet can be used as some sort of custom trash disposal; you wouldn’t believe the things we have cleared from septic systems!