PLANNING FOR SEPTIC INSTALLATION
You and your spouse just bought some land. Both of you are so excited about building and looking at floor plans. You are considering different flooring and bathroom tiles, while your husband is dreaming about his new shop/outbuilding with built in man-cave. You find yourself a builder and that’s it! Right? Well, sort of…. […]
SEPTIC TANK PUMPING
In the last few weeks, I have covered many different ways to care for or maintain your system. Many items have been ways to be mindful on a day-to-day basis (water usage, care when flushing, and lateral maintenance). However, one of the most important things you can do for your system is pump it regularly. […]
LATERAL FIELD CARE
Today I will elaborate on the septic system drainfield and the best way to care for it. In the diagram above, you can see all the components of a septic system. There is a tank and a leachfield/drainfield. When I talk to customers, many of them are confused as to what makes up a […]
THE JOYS (?) OF TOILET PAPER
This week we will talk about TOILET PAPER!! Yay! What fun?! What fun?! Who doesn’t LOVE talking about the substance we use to wipe the most disgusting items from our body?! Hip hip hooray!! I know I have you going on a toilet-paper-celebrating-frenzy, but to be honest, toilet paper is no laughing matter when […]
WATER USAGE AND YOUR SEPTIC SYSTEM
So, if you read my previous ever-so-eloquently-written-wastewater-post from June 20th…You’ll notice the first thing I mentioned when avoiding septic system “messes” was WATER USAGE. Today, I’m going to elaborate on that. **In light of the crazy weather we have received since October of 2018(i.e. fall rains, crazy snow, and spring rains), back ups have […]
SEPTIC SYSTEM 101
This spring, I have visited with so many people about their septic systems. Obviously, it’s been a wet spring, so this has led to many conversations about water usage, the impact of our dear Mother Nature and septic system functionality in general. However, with so many people moving to the country and being “new to […]
The weather…ugh
Last week I posted some memes that I considered a good jab at Mother Nature. Hopefully you enjoyed them too. However, the last couple of months I have spent a LOT OF TIME talking to customers who live on septic about their systems and the effects of Mother Nature in their functionality. Those meme’s […]
FOCUSING ON THE FUNNY…for now!
I’m so sick of this dang weather, I just want to scream. If you work indoors, the rainy weather may irritate you, mess up your hair, or cancel some outdoor plans you might have. I remember those days…back when I was a school teacher…ahh…rainy days did not keep you from work, it simply took the […]
PERC TESTS
If you’re building in the country, something you might not know is you have install a wastewater system – or a place for all your wastewater to go. In town, there is plumbing and city sewers to take care of all that, but if you build in the country you have to provide your own […]
YOUR SEPTIC SYSTEM AND MOTHER NATURE
Nebraska is one of those fortunate states that gets to experience all four seasons every year. Our springs are typically cool and wet, summers hot and dry, crisp falls, and cold, snowy winters. During any one of these seasons, we can experience extreme weather. For instance, the fall of 2018 was extremely rainy and […]