Septic Tank Services: Learn The Flow Of Your Home
Importance
Shown in the picture above is a massive root bed we pulled out of a tank that hasn’t been opened in over a decade. Understanding your septic system maintenance is crucial because there are many factors that can severely affect your system. For instance, driving over your field lines can crush or damage them, leading to potential clogs. Over time, your septic system can slow down or even become clogged for various reasons. It's essential to consider factors like the location of your tank and what is situated on top of or around it. Did you know that your septic tank and the flow of water can attract roots from nearby trees or bushes? Additionally, grease can build up over time from waste going down your sinks and drains. This is why we offer various septic tank cleaning and treatment options to choose from, tailored to your situation, ensuring your septic tank installation remains effective.
How Your Septic Tank Works
Septic Tank Process
1. All Wastewater Enters the Tank
All wastewater from your home, including from toilets, sinks, and showers, flows through what’s called your main line. This main line is the pipe that connects all sinks, drains, toilets, and showers from your house all the way to the tank. Once waste goes down your sinks or drains, it flows down the inlet pipe (main line) and enters the tank. Your septic tank, which is a vital component of septic system maintenance, is usually a large concrete container that holds all your waste properly from your home.
2. Separation
Once the waste makes it into your septic tank, everything slows down and starts to separate, with solids sinking to the bottom of your tank and creating sludge. Thin, light materials such as oils and grease float to the top, forming scum, while all your wastewater remains in the middle layer of the tank.
3. Working Bacteria
Natural bacteria perform their essential role in the tank as they begin to break down a significant proportion of the solid waste.
4. Field Line Waste Management Begins
When your tank fills up to a certain point, your outlet baffle keeps all solid waste and scum from entering your field lines and clogging them. Meanwhile, all the wastewater from your tank starts to trickle out through the outlet pipe that connects your tank to your drain field.
5. Final Treatment
Your drain field consists of multiple perforated pipes, usually laid in gravel. The wastewater slowly trickles through these perforated pipes and seeps into the ground. As the wastewater filters through the soil, a physical process involving organisms in the ground removes harmful bacteria, nutrients, and viruses, returning the treated wastewater back to the surface as clean, filtered water. Regular septic tank cleaning is crucial to maintaining this process and ensuring the longevity of your septic tank installation.
How your Field Lines Work
Leach Line Process
Once the water side of your septic tank fills to a certain point, it begins to trickle out through your outlet pipe and flows into what’s known as a distribution box. Inside this distribution box, your wastewater moves from the tank into the box, filling up to the field line pipes connected to it, and then starts to drain into your system and through the ground. The field lines, which are perforated pipes, disperse all wastewater into the ground so it can be treated and eventually returned to the surface as filtered clean water. Regular septic system maintenance, including septic tank cleaning and proper septic tank installation, is essential to ensure this process functions smoothly.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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