Is Your Septic Failing?
You are going about your
daily routine -- taking a
shower, using the bathroom,
making breakfast, using the
garbage disposal etc. You notice
that the plumbing is moving a
little bit slower than usual --
you may even begin to notice a
foul smell coming from the
drains - then it happens. After
a brief stop to the restroom you
notice the garbage disposal,
toilet and other items have made
their way into the shower floor!
In a panic, you realize that the
septic system is full and you can't
remember the last time (if ever) you
had the septic tank pumped. You pick
up the yellow pages and dial a
septic company to come and pump the
tank. You are relieved to see the
shower has drained and that your
plumbing nightmare is over -- or so
you think!
You go about your life and forget
about the septic nightmare you just
experienced. You get back to life
and your daily routine and it
happens again. There in the shower
is that familiar sludge! Yuck. What
is happening?
While this is an extremely
stressful it is all to common. In
the desert southwest of Tucson,
Arizona we typically begin to see
leach lines fail at about 25 years.
Your area might be a little
different but most leach fields
begin to fail for lack of care.
What are leaching fields exactly?
Well, the leach fields are
underground gravel beds that receive
all of the fluids from the septic
tank. Fluid runs to a distribution
box and then to these gravel beds.
After a number of years tree roots,
or sediment begins to clog the
gravel beds and perforated pipe.
Eventually these lines become so
completely stopped up that the
liquid has nowhere to go but back
into the tank, back up the drain
pipe and into the lowest level of
your home.
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