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design | maintainence | pumping | installation | repair | troubleshooting | pump repair | pump replacement

: : DESIGN

 

There are many important factors a designer needs to take into consideration when designing a septic system:

• Property owner's concerns and needs
• There are many state, county and city codes that septic systems need to meet.
• The last and most important aspect is often over looked by many designers and unfortunately can cause the property owner many long-term problems and ultimately a short septic system life span. This last important aspect is the "special needs" of the septic system.
  • cleaning products
  • high water use
  • medications
  • cooking grease
  • anti-bacterial products
  • chance of freezing
  • run off water due to roof lines and landscapes.

: : MAINTAINENCE

 

Septic system maintenance is not an area that can be over looked in commercial applications. Regular maintenance of your septic system is not only required by law, but is essential to getting the longest possible life from your drain field.

Other forms of maintenance are:

• installation & cleaning of in-line filters
• bacteria additives
• waste strength testing
• line cleaning & televising
• homeowner education and awareness.
  

: : PUMPING

Septic tank pumping is one of the most common and repetitive forms of maintenance. Septic tanks are nothing more than underground filters for your wastewater treatment system. If these filters are not cleaned they will either plug up or allow solid particles to pass into the drain field causing the septic system to fail.

: : INSTALLATION

The most important parts of your septic system are buried below the ground where you will never see them. Although septic system requires major excavation, we do our best to make sure the final product will be a visually pleasing as possible. Barrington Septic not only installs new septic system we also do all forms of repair on existing systems.

: : REPAIR

We also repair or replace water and sewer lines to correct a number of problems, including:

• Broken, cracked or collapsed pipes
• Offset pipe - sewer pipes have become misaligned due to shifting soil, settling
• Blockage - grease buildup or a foreign object is prohibiting proper flow and/or cleaning of the line.
• Corrosion - the pipe has deteriorated and/or broken, causing collapses in the line and restricting flow.
• Bellied pipe – sunken pipe due to ground or soil conditions, creating a valley that collects paper and waste.
• Leaking joints - the seals between pipes have broken, allowing water to escape into the area surrounding the pipe.
• Root infiltration - tree or shrub roots have invaded the sewer line, preventing normal cleaning and/or have damaged the line.
• Off-grade pipe — existing pipes are constructed of substandard material that may have deteriorated or corroded.

 

: : TROUBLESHOOTING

There are no simple solutions for many problems where a system was installed in unsuitable soil or was improperly designed and constructed. But other malfunctions, if correctly diagnosed, can be solved quickly and with a minimum of expense.

House Drains Don't Work or Sewage Backs Up into Basement

• A blockage between house and septic tank. The blockage may be in the house sewer, or the scum layer could be plugging the inlet pipe at the tank. If scum is the problem, the tank should be pumped down. Have the inlet baffle checked at that time. If functioning properly, it should keep floating scum away from the tank inlet.
• A plugged house sewer vent. In some cases, a plugged sewer vent (or soil stack) can slow the rate at which sewer lines drain to the point that solids settle out. A plugged or incorrectly installed vent sometimes results in a sewer gas smell around house drains; but more typically, it will just cause a gurgling sound as air is pulled through the trap into the house sewer when drains are used.
• A blockage between septic tank and absorption field. If the liquid level in the septic tank is found to be above normal, either: (a) the tank outlet is plugged. The "cure" is pumping the tank down, routing out the line and replacing the defective baffle. (b) the line from the tank to the absorption field is obstructed. Again, the immediate remedy is pumping the tank and clearing the line, followed by repair of the leaky joint or broken section.
• High water table in spring. Septic system operation can become sluggish and even fail in the spring, because a seasonal high water table may saturate the soil around the trenches. Homesites and absorption fields in flat areas having poor surface drainage are especially susceptible. If this describes your situation, about the only thing you can do is to use subsurface tile drainage to lower the water table. The drainage tile must discharge to a surface ditch or to a larger tile drainage system.
• Solids carryover and leaking faucets. The overflow of solids from a septic tank which has filled with sludge or the increased water load from leaky faucets can seriously affect absorption field operation. The cures, of course, are periodic tank clean-out and keeping the plumbing fixtures in good repair.

: : PUMP REPAIR

Barrington Septic is equipped to handle all types of pump repair. We use only high quality pumps and replacement parts. Our workmanship is top of the line and our final product is always focused for the easiest possible maintenance in the future.

: : PUMP REPLACEMENT