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Hurricanes and Your Septic System

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Hurricane season is upon us and severe weather could be just around the corner.  How does this affect your septic system?

Flooding and high winds can adversely affect your system.  Here are some tips to guard your system against damage.

Secure your system.

  • Check your risers or septic tank covers if they are exposed to make sure they are secure to ensure that storm water cannot get into your septic system.
  • Check  your electrical pump connections and make sure the water cannot penetrate to avoid damage during a flood
  •  It is never a good idea to park anything over your drainfield, but be  sure not to park automobiles, trailers, or other objects on the drainfield during wet weather, as this can cause damage to the drainfield pipes.

Conserve water and use it sparingly in an emergency.

  • When there is severe flooding in your area, your well water may be at risk from the sewage in standing water. Be aware of any boil-water warnings in your area and make sure you follow.
  • Have a supply of bottled water on hand to ensure you have ample supply of fresh drinking water during and after the storm.
  • Limit your water use during the storm to only essential water use. Put off laundry, dishwashing and showering as long as possible.  Fill your tub with water beforehand for use in flushing the toilet if you lose power and your well pump is not working.

It May Be Wise to have your system inspected after a flood.

  • Hurricanes can mean major flooding in your area.   You might want to have your septic system inspected for for any damage from standing water or fallen objects on the pipes.
  • Check  electrical components  to ensure there has not been any damage to your unit.

Loss of power is always an issue during the hurricane and days following depending on the severity of the storm.  This could affect your sump pump in your basement and cause flooding.  A backup generator is always a great idea to handle and pump out excess water and keep the essential systems working in your home, such as refrigeration and a well  pump to access water.

Septic Preservation Services are experts at storm damage recovery and prevention.  Call them at 877-378-4279 for all your storm related questions and anything concerning your septic system.  Visit www.septicpreservation.com

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Septic Preservation Services has Functional Inspections in Rhode Island

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septic fuctional inspections Septic Preservation Services have functional inspections today in North Smithfield, Cumberland, Johnston, Lincoln, Glocester, Cranston, and Scituate, Rhode Island. 

 The functional septic inspection is used to determine whether a system

is adequate to serve the wastewater disposal needs of the household.  The functional inspection is especially intended for use during a property transfer as a means to protect the consumer and identify systems in need of upgrade or repair.

If you need to schedule a Rhode Island Septic functional inspection or if you have any questions please do contact our office at 877-378-4279 or visit www.septicpreservationservices.com

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Septic Repairs and Septic Improvements

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Septic Preservation Services Septic Preservation Services have septic repairs scheduled today at customer sites in Taunton, Norton, Seekonk, and Mansfield, MA.

We are doing another septic repair to replace a D-Box for a customer’s septic system in North Attleboro. We are also putting in an outlet T into a septic tank for a client in Rochester, MA. In both these cases we have to ensure that there is an appropriate permit pulled because the work that we do is always compliant with local regulations in addition to being cost and environment conscious.

If you need to have septic repairs or septic improvements please do contact our Norton, MA office at 877-378-4279 or visit www.septicpreservation.com

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Septic Inspections in Maine Today

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Maine Septic Preservation Services has septic inspections scheduled today for customers in Lebanon, Farmington, Waterboro, Alfred, Limerick, Buxton, Windham, and Gorham , Maine.  We work closely with our customers and also with the local towns and their Board of Health.

For one of our inspections today we are required to have the local Board of Health office witness the inspection.  We, of course, always makes sure that our septic inspections are carried out so that they are both thorough and compliant to local inspection requirements and will accommodate both our customer and town requests when possible.  If you require a septic inspection or if you have any questions about septic inspections, please do contact our Biddeford, Maine office at 877-378-4279 or visit www.septicpreservation.com

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Schedule Your Septic Tank Pumping with SPS

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septic tank pumping Septic Preservation Services can help you ensure that your septic system continues to operate correctly by pumping your septic tank. Septic pumping is essential every 3 – 5 years to ensure that your tank does not overflow.  As you can imagine it is not advisable to leave pumping too late late because the results can be unpleasant and expensive to fix.

The regularity that your tank needs to be pumped will vary slightly from various factors including water usage and the size of your tank.  For example, a family with 5 members, including teenagers, will typically use more water and therefore need more their tank pumped sooner, than a home of a retired couple.  However, this too can vary dramatically if that couple have extended family visiting for a prolonged period.

Essentially if you are unsure, please do call our office where we will be happy to answer any questions.  Today, we are pumping septic systems for customers in Holliston, Millis, Bellingham, Franklin, Wrentham, and Foxboro, MA.  If you need to schedule a septic pump out appointment or if you have any questions, please do contact our Norton, MA office at 877-378-4279 or visit www.septicpreservation.com

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White Knight Advantage System

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White Knight Septic Preservation Services were approached by a property owner in Attleboro, MA whose leach field was failing and wanted a solution. We will restore the function of the drain field with the White Knight system.

 

In nature, oxygen-using (aerobic) bacteria in the soil consume non-living organic material.  This is the process nature uses to “recycle” wastes.  We install the White Knight™ Microbial Inoculator/Generator in the septic tank to create an oxygen rich environment and cultivate an extensive colony of these same soil bacteria.

The result is nearly complete consumption of the organic materials entering the septic tank.  At the same time, the bacteria are carried into the leach field where they consume the organic material that has accumulated in the underlying soil. The leach field regains and/or maintains its capacity to deliver effluent to the soil for purification.

THE WHITE KNIGHT™ ADVANTAGE INCLUDES:

  • An installation costs thousands of dollars less than that of a replacement leach field
  • Minimal disruption to existing landscape
  • Protection of the environment
  • Significantly longer tank pumping interval
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • 100% component and limited lifetime performance warranty

We have successfully used this system throughout the region from Groveland in Northern MA to Otis in Western MA to Chatham on Cape Cod.  The White Knight™ Microbial Inoculator/Generator can be used to:

 

  • Improve the function of marginally operating drainfields
  • Restore the function of totally failed drainfields
  • Improve the quality of effluent returning to the soil and ground water
  • Reduce the amount of nitrate moving into the environment
  • Reduce the size of a leach field required for new building construction
  • Expand the size of existing structures without expanding the leach field

If you want to have a White Knight Septic Installation or have questions please do contact our Norton, MA office. at 877-378-4279 or visit www.septicpreservation.com

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Meet Holly Walker of Septic Preservation Services

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Holly has been a member of the Septic Preservation Team for almost 18 months.  She was brought on initially to help with product descriptions with the online store but is now involved with packaging, pricing and postage, as well as increasing their presence online.

Holly also has taken over  writing the daily blogs  and updating the online calendars to free up time for Bob Silva, head of SPS, and allow him more time for his daily administrative duties.

She has a degree in Medieval History and has worked for 8 years in  Human Resource and recruitment for engineering companies, involving Automotive, Aerospace and Oil and Gas.  While Holly does not possess an engineering degree, she feels her past experiences help her in writing the blogs and she feels she can present the technical matters in  a way that everyone can understand.  She is able to take a colleague’s repair story and research about the fix and the reason for i,t and present it in her daily blogs.

Holly is British and moved to the United States in 2009.  She initially lived in Missouri, Colorado, and then Massachusetts.   She is now living in California, slightly north of San Diego, with her two elementary aged children. She is able to work remotely and stay involved in SPS.   She has enjoyed spending time exploring her new town and state and discovering the best beaches with her children.

Being British sometimes creates problems with the “language barrier”.   According to Holly, ” Although we all speak English, I still find I’m sometimes speaking a foreign language.  For example, I was corresponding with a supplier of ours about their pumps and also the spares kits that they provide to carryout maintenance and repairs on their pumps.  After placing the spares kit onto the website, Bob pointed out to me that in the USA a “spares kit” is not something that would ever be referred to and a “rebuild kit” is the correct term.  It turned out that my contact with our supplier was also British, which I hadn’t realized, and we were both using the wrong term and confusing everyone else!

Holly enjoys being a valued member of the SPS team and helping to spread the word on their great reputation.

Visit www.septicpreservation.com and read Holly’s daily blogs and find out how Septic Preservation Services can help you with all your septic system maintenance, repair, design and installation.

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Selling a Property in Massachusetts?

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Title 5 Septic Preservation Services has Title 5 Septic Inspections today in Acushnet, Berkley, Rochester, Hingham, Hanson, Hanover, and Carver, MA.  On-site system septic inspections are required:

 

“In general:

  • When properties are sold, divided or combined.
  • When there is a change in use or an expansion of a facility.
  • When MassDEP or the local Board of Health requires an inspection.
  • Title 5 requires inspections for large systems, shared systems, and condominiums on a periodic basis.
  • Systems located in cities and towns with MassDEP-approved inspection programs are required to comply with local inspection requirements.

 

There are exceptions and nuances to the general requirements listed here”. – The Official Website of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for Massachusetts.  If you have any questions about septic inspections or wish to schedule a Title 5 Septic Inspection, please do contact our Norton, MA office at 877-378-4279 or visit www.septicpreservation.com

Septic Preservation Services preparing a new System for Installation!

We Service Various Types of Septic Systems

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Septic Preservation Services preparing a new System for Installation!

 Septic Preservation Services are carrying out septic system services today in Boxborough, Westford, Marlborough, Northborough, Maynard, and Carlisle, MA today.

We have the skills and experience to conduct services on various types of septic systems.  Today we are doing  services including a Singulair Service, FAST Service, Jet System Service and a Fuji Clean System Service.

 If you wish to have a septic company service your septic system, you need to ensure that you hire a company who has experience with your specific type of system. We have been working within this industry for over 25 years and have experience with many types of systems

. If you wish to ask us about your system or to you need to schedule an appointment, please do contact our office at 877-378-4279 or visit www.septicpreservation.com

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Overboard Discharge Services in Maine

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Septic Preservation Services Septic Preservation Services is the only statewide septic company listed on the Maine Department of Environment OBD Service Contractor List. The department describes them as

 

“An overboard discharge (OBD) is a discharge to surface waters of the State of domestic pollutants (sanitary wastes or wastewater from household activities generated at residential or commercial locations) that are not conveyed to municipal or quasi-municipal sewerage treatment facilities.’’

 

If you require an Overboard Discharge service or an Overboard Discharge repair, you must go to a licensed contractor . For more information, see the department website or contact your local Board of Health.  We have extensive experience with OBDs throughout Maine and have repairs and services schedule today in  Belfast, Islesboro, Belmont, Owl’s Head, Friendship, Bremen, and Waldoboro, Maine.

 If you need to schedule an Overboard Discharge repair or an Overboard Discharge service or if you have any questions about OBDs, please do contact our Biddeford, Maine office at 877-378-4279 or visit www.septicpreservation.com