Rent Toilets

Importance of maintaining a Septic System

Pumping Services

Because many of the Toilet Rental Companies maintain a fleet of pumping trucks with tanks, they commonly offer a service of Septic Pumping as well as equipment rental.  Visit the Rental Companies website to inquire about septic services.

Septic System Maintenance

Properly designed and maintained a septic system is  environmentally friendly and requires no major economic expense over the course of a lifetime, but it will require regular maintenance and commitment to proper use.

1)  Regular Pumping. The sludge layer that accumulates at the bottom of your tank must be pumped out regularly. This maintains the size of the water layer and eliminates any possibility of sludge entering and clogging your leaching field thus contaminating the environment. There is no additive or home remedy to reduce the sludge layer. Replacing your leaching field is an enormous expense and inconvenience.

Your septic tank must be pumped regularly. For our customers this happens automatically and at different intervals. How often your septic tank must be pumped is determined by:

The physical size of your tank ( its volume ), the number of people it supports, the frequency of showers, laundry, flushing, etc., how much inorganic material is introduced, the design and condition of your leaching field and the type of soil in the area of your leaching field.

2) Bacteria Must be present. It is important to maintain the bacteria necessary for digesting organic solids in the floating layer. They are very sensitive to many home care products and commonly used chemicals. We call these products and chemicals "Anti Septics". If the bacteria are killed or not present in sufficient numbers to digest the floating layer and maintain its size, these harmful solids will exit your tank, clog your leaching field and harm the environment. Anti Septics include: Detergents, Bleach, Polishes, Drain Openers, Cleaners, Solvents.

3) A Septic System is not a Garbage Disposal. hey are not designed to accept cigarette butts, table scraps, kitchen grease, garbage disposal refuse, tampon tubes, harmful household products or harsh laundry detergents.