The Pumper's Wife

I speak to many customers about how their systems function every day.  Several "new to country living" homeowners do not fully understand how their system works.  I will admit, if I wasn't in the industry, contemplating where my poop drained to after I flushed wouldn't preoccupy my thoughts on a regular basis either.  I mean, who thinks about that stuff?!  However, not being completely informed can lead to messy and expensive troubles down the line if you don't have some understanding of how your system functions and how best to take care of it.  (It is approximately a $10,000 "appliance" for your home, so isn't a good idea to take care of it??) With that in mind, today I will elaborate on the septic system drainfield and the best way to care for it. In the diagram above, you can see all the components of a septic system.   There is a tank and a leachfield/drainfield.   When I talk to customers, many of them are confused as to what makes...

As a guitarist, I play many gigs.  Recently, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man.  He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the back country.  As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight.  There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.  I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place.  I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around.  I played out my heart an soul for this man with no family and friends.  I played like I've never played before for this homeless man. As I played "Amazing Grace," the workers began to weep.  They wept, I wept,...

Last week I posted about the rain and this week I'm going to talk a little more about it.  I know I may seem like a broken record, but this last year I have spent a LOT OF TIME talking to customers about their systems and the effects of Mother Nature in their functionality.   The memes I include today may be funny, but what rain and extra moisture can do to your septic system is definitely NOT a laughing matter. If you are a faithful reader, you have heard this before, but water coming both inside the house and outside from Mother Nature plays a HUGE role in how your septic system functions.   Since October of 2018, the state of Nebraska has received MASSIVE totals of rainfall and snow.   Heck, we almost broke our snow fall record this year!   We are currently sitting at 10 inches over the normal rainfall totals for 2019.   That’s a LOT of moisture for the soil and though systems are designed to handle a lot from the outside forces ...