The price varies from place to place. Anywhere from $200.00 to $500.00 isn’t uncommon. One of the things that determine cost is where and how much the pump-out person has to pay to dump his load. Yes, he has to dump it somewhere. There isn’t a magic train to Mars as yet. Sometimes these facilities malfunction and you see in the back page of your paper where the ocean is full of waste. Whatever facility it is, it is still just a great big septic system. It is best do get estimates and references and go from there.
That is a many sided question. Lets go through it. All things considered equal, it would be better to be on a sewer. Perhaps making the property worth more too. It almost entirely depends on the “Hook-Up Fee”. It is always expensive usually starting around $10,000.00. To my astonishment I heard of a town in northern California that wanted $40,000.00. I have never heard of such an outrageous fee. Someone is making a ton of money on that one. What you have to do is evaluate all the circumstances. How long will you live there? How much are they charging? Compute the difference. It is your decision at this point, unless they force you to do it. It is best to use a piece of paper listing the pros and cons. All I know is $40,000.00 will buy a Hell of a lot of Septic-Solve. (about 570 years worth).
As I have stated earlier, no two systems are exactly alike. Many times there are situations come up that there is no simple explanation. An example: Many years ago a customer kept having problems even though he followed directions carefully. Finally through question him, I learned he was a “Semi-Pro Photographer” and was dumping all the development acids in the septic. Once he stopped dumping acid in the system, he was OK.
My favorite phone call was this one. A very nice lady called and said, “Mr Wright I have been told I am going to have to replace my septic system at a cost of $10,000.00. I reviewed her situation which actually wasn’t all that bad. I put her on the weekly treatment. About 4 weeks later, she called and said, “Mr Wright you saved me $10,000.00.” Her system was working just find and still is to this day.
It seems every town and county has its own rules. Basically these rules are created by locals who might have an axe to grind. Example: The Mayor of a small town up north passed an ordinance that everyone had to pump out every year. I am sure it was just a coincidence his son-in-law had the only pump-out business in town. I also know of a town which has a law that gray water must be reused. I also know of towns that forbid it. Wherever you live are the rules you must try and live by.
My answer has two sides. One is that I recommend you go ahead and follow the formula using Septic-Solve, which does not work on roots, because many times it is sludge in the lines built up. If you clear the lines, and the roots aren’t too bad, you can still get relatively normal service. Economically you have nothing to lose as you need to treat with Septic-Solve anyway. If that doesn’t solve the problem, phone me Toll Free and we will go over your situation.
Yes, using the same formula can help make up for the too small capacity by having extra bacteria action. Most regulations require at least a one thousand gallon tank. If you have a 2000 gallon tank, you should consider making a little allowance for the extra capacity. It will pay dividends in many ways.
Actually it is a very good time to start. It gives it time to get good bacteria action going throughout the system. Get started right away.
Let’s put it in terms we can relate to… It is about the same as a human being 80 years old. Is that a problem in itself? It is to the extent you must consider the age and do whatever you can to help the system, like a human should exercise and eat good foods. Be careful what goes into the system and stay on your Septic-Solve schedule.
What has happened is your tank is starting to fill up. Your drain lines are acting slowly. Use the same formula: One pound of Septi-Zone each week until the problem clears up. When the problem clears, just go back to your once a month schedule.
Use one pound of Septic-Solve a week, until the order goes away. It is impossible to say how long it will take, but on the average 3 to 4 weeks. Extreme cases can be longer. The problem usually is you need more bacterial action.
That is why you use Septic-Solve once a month to maintain. (once a week to solve a problem).
Only if you enjoy throwing money away. However, you must remember this. Like human beings, no two septic situations are the same. Maybe your neighbor has 10 people using a 50 year old system, runs all the laundry into the system has uses the garbage disposal several times a day. His situation is entirely different than yours. As an example, we have many, many of our customers who have gone 25 or 30 years without pumping out. We also have customers who have to pump out once a year, but they are delighted because, prior to using Septic-Solve, they had to pump out each month.
Only when it fills up completely on you. Then you may need to for convenient living purposes. Pumping out only empties the tank temporarily. It does not solve the problem, which is usually that the drain fields are clogged.
