Your Auburndale, FL, septic system probably isn’t something you spend a lot of time thinking about. But when problems start, everyone in the house is thinking about it. Maybe the neighbors, too.
Lakeland Septic Company provides septic tank pumping and cleaning services throughout Auburndale, FL, so you can spend time thinking about things other than your septic system.
Scheduled Septic Tank Pumping
After pumping out your tank the first time and talking to you about your septic usage requirements, we’ll recommend a septic tank pumping schedule that will help to prevent the things that can happen when a tank gets too full. Here are a few of those things.
- Leaks that show up on the ground above and around the tank
- Strong sewage odors indoors and outdoors
- Slow sink and shower drains
- Sluggish toilets
- Sewage backing up into sinks, showers and toilets
Every three to five years is usually an appropriate septic tank pumping schedule for our Auburndale, FL, customers.
Emergency Septic Tank Pumping
We respond to quite a few septic emergencies in Auburndale, FL, and throughout Polk County, FL. Many of these cases involve the homeowner neglecting septic tank pumping, and the system has begun to back up.
Keep in mind that the signs of an overfull tank listed above can also be caused by other septic system problems. When we visit your home, we’ll start with a proper inspection to zero in on exactly what the problem is and why it’s happening.
If the emergency situation is being caused by an overfull tank, we’ll pump it out. If the cause is clogged pipes, drain field issues, a lift station failure or other problems, we’ll see to those problems and get you back on the road quickly.
Septic System Preventative Maintenance Auburndale FL
We recommend that all of our Auburndale, FL, customers follow common-sense preventative safety practices for their septic systems. Many of these practices revolve around what not to put down the home’s drains:
- Diapers & baby wipes (even if the wipes say you can flush them)
- Coffee grounds
- Cigarette butts
- Fats, grease & oils
- Feminine hygiene products
- Cat litter
- Paper towels & paper products
These and similar items can cause clogs in your septic system and require septic system pumping and possibly some repair work to fix.
Further, certain types of substances can upset the natural bacterial environment in your tank and reduce its efficiency in processing solid waste:
- Household chemicals
- Pesticides
- Antifreeze
- Large amounts of antibacterial soaps & detergents
- Gasoline & oil
- Paint
Another way you can help to keep your Auburndale, FL, septic system running in top form is to keep an eye out for signs of trouble and call us the instant you see anything. This way, we can get the problem resolved before it turns into something more serious and expensive.
