RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

Is your house connected to a septic tank/field?

Mcrae's septic tank service will come and empty your septic tank thus allowing many years of use without problems with your drain field. We also clean out your soap and distribution boxes as well as cleaning the actual drainage field and providing enzyme treatments. Group rates are available if others in your neighborhood get theirs emptied at the same time. We can offer a computer maintenance recall program as a preventative maintinace measure. Just bought your home and don't know where your tank or septic field is? No problem, we have and electronic locator for tanks and sewer lines.

In rural areas, the septic tank system is the most inexpensive and efficient method to dispose of household sewage. A septic tank system that is correctly designed, located, constructed and well maintained will function effectively and safely for years. An inadequately maintained system can seriously endanger health and the environment, and can lead to considerable nuisance and expense.

Chemical Contamination

Moderate use of household drain solvents, cleaners, disinfectants, etc., should not interfere with the operation of the septic tank system; however, indiscriminate use may cause problems.

Do not discharge water softener waste water into the septic tank, unless the system was designed for the extra capacity. Not only does the extra water decrease the capacity of your system, the added salts may lead to a failure of the leaching bed. Water softener waste water should be directed to a leaching pit.

The use of garbage grinders is discouraged as sludge accumulation in the septic tank can be increased by up to 40%. The tank will then have to be pumped annually.

Do not dispose of fuels, grease, paints, thinners, weed or insect killers, cigarette butts, condoms, paper towels, diapers, sanitary napkins, etc., into the septic tank system. A septic tank system can only handle bio-degradable items.

There should be no need to use commercial "starters," "bacterial feeds," or "cleaners." Bacteria in a septic tank system occurs naturally.

Repair Maintenance

The septic tank should be inspected at least once every two years and the tank pumped out every three or four years. Regular pumping of the septic tank is the best preventative maintenance you can do and well worth the investment.

Trouble Signs

The following is a list of possible trouble signs that indicate septic tank system failures:

* Leaching bed ground is frequently wet and spongy;
* Extra plant growth over the leaching bed area;
* Odours coming from leaching bed area;
* Pooling or bubbling of waste water noticeable on the leaching bed surface;
* Well water containing nitrates or fecal coliform bacteria,
* Slow drains in the house.

If you find that your current system has totally failed, Mcrae's offers all Preliminary Work for new disposal field application or replacement of an existing failing septic field.

Mcrae's other residential services include electric drain cleaning for kitchen sinks, laundry sinks and bathtubs as well as problemed toilets. Our equipment can handle pipes from 2" right up to 12" in diameter. We even offer video camera inspection to find underground problems.