• Grease Trap Maintenance: DIY Grease Trap Cleaning

    Grease traps are specifically designed to trap FOG, also known as fats, oils, and grease, before they enter the drain and public sewer. In order to continue working properly, your grease trap will need to undergo routine cleaning. You can do it yourself or you can hire a professional to do it for you. If you choose to go the route of doing it yourself, here is how to go about it:
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  • Tips For Finding Your New Home's Septic System

    It might sound like a pretty simple thing to locate your new home's septic tankā€”that is until you realize that you really don't have any way to know where it was installed by previous owners. Once you run the water in your sinks or flush the toile,t you will not be able to hear the water leave your home because the plumbing pipes are buried below the frost level. That is, they are located a few feet below the surface of the ground, well out of the range of your hearing.
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  • Money Saving Tips For Your Septic System

    Saving money on your septic system is possible, but you have to make sure that you do it the correct way or it will end up costing you much more in the long run. Skipping regular maintenance and service tasks is not a good way to save cash, since this will end up producing a clogged system that requires extensive repairs to work properly again. Instead, implement some of the following tips to save some green with your septic system.
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