Your septic system’s drainfield is crucial to its operation. In very basic terms, a main pipe draws household waste out into the septic system where solid waste sinks down into the tank and the wastewater flows to the drainfield where it’s treated and disposed of. There are ways you can tell your drainfield is leaking…

No, you shouldn’t. Whether you have a household septic system or your plumbing heads out to a municipal sewage system, your garbage disposal is not there to be used as a waste receptacle. Express Septic Services recommends you put drain screens in all of your drains to avoid waste going into your septic system, but…

Your septic system needs good bacteria to perform its job properly, which is why you shouldn’t use chemical drain cleaners nor should you flush household cleaners or bleach down the drain. These chemicals destroy the balance found naturally in your septic system and can damage it. How can you clean and unclog your drains if…

Express Septic Services is here to pump your septic tank whenever you need us to. We can also inspect, maintain, repair, or replace your septic system depending on where it’s at in its lifespan. Septic systems don’t last forever and a failing one can leave you with an expensive environmental clean-up bill. How often should…

Don’t wash money down the drain or flush it down the toilet. Numerous things that people dispose of every day via their plumbing are harmful to septic systems. The septic system is a complex array of parts designed to treat and safely dispose of human waste. If you flush the following down the drains and/or…