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Recognizing The Last Stage of Septic System Failure

Posted on by Brendan Manley

[fusion_builder_container type=”flex” hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_mp4=”” video_webm=”” video_ogv=”” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_color=”” video_preview_image=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” padding_right=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding_top=”” padding_right=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”true” min_height=”” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_sizes_top=”” border_sizes_bottom=”” border_sizes_left=”” border_sizes_right=”” first=”true”][fusion_text]Hey folks, it’s Mark Reynolds, here to talk about the last stage of septic system failure. Hopefully, you’ll never need to recognize the signs of a failed drain field, but if it happens, identifying the problem as quickly as possible is essential.

The last stage of septic system failure is when the rotting sewage creates hydrogen sulfide gas which erodes concrete. That’s why you’ll often see an eroded distribution box when you dig up a failed system.

It is a widely know fact that the rotting sewage that creates Hydrogen Sulfide gases erodes concrete Distribution boxes and Septic Tanks.

Today, distribution boxes and septic tanks are made out of plastic, so if you find your distribution box eroded, just replace it, flush out your drain pipes and add four gallons of Septic Drainer evenly in your drain lines. Septic Drainer is a soil conditioner that opens soil that no longer drains. To learn more go to www.septicdrainer.com

Steps to Take

Keeping your system’s biological processes healthy is achieved using our Bio-Septic Boost. Bio-Septic Boost is an all-natural compound that stimulates the biological activity of natural bacteria by 30%-40%.

We recommend to maintain your septic system is to have your entire system pumped and inspected. Call or email your professional today to get on their schedule. Be sure to ask upfront for a written report with photos of all your structures.

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Septic Drainer on Facebook – Follow Us!

Posted on by Tim A

Hey folks: Make sure you follow Septic Drainer on Facebook! We offer exclusive deals to our followers throughout the year. Our page also contains useful information, tips, insights and updates on the Septic Drainer family of products. You can follow us HERE.

Social media is such a great tool for learning and communicating. We hope you will use our Facebook page as a way of interacting with us and learning more about our products Septic Drainer, Bio-Septic Boost and Septi-Marker. Feel free to leave us a message and/or a comment on our Facebook page, too. We’d love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have about our products as well as generalized septic system care and maintenance.

Remember, Septic Drainer and its companion product Bio-Septic Boost are a green, simple and cost-effective means of rejuvenating and repairing your septic system and drain or leach field. Our products can even repair a failed system, potentially saving you thousands in costly repairs. Give us a try before you waste money on other fixes, some of which will cost you dearly!

Thank you for your continued support of Septic Drainer. We look forward to servicing all of your septic drain field issues!

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Contacting Septic Drainer

Posted on by Tim A

Hey Folks, it’s your Septic Drainer friends here. We want to give our customers many ways to contact us, so we can help assist you with all your septic repair needs! Here is some more information on contacting Septic Drainer.

You may fill out this form to send us an email. You can also call us at 518-812-0000.

Or, if you simply go to www.SepticDrainer.com, we also have a live chat that can be utilized any day of the week. You may also send us a message through our Facebook page. We try to give you as many was as possible of contacting Septic Drainer.

However you would like to contact us, our Septic Drainer professionals are ready to help you! Our customers are our number one priority and we’d love to hear from you and learn more about your needs.

Remember, Septic Drainer and our companion product, Bio-Septic Boost, are the ideal overall solution for septic drain field repair and maintenance. You can literally save thousands of dollars in repairs by using our products. Contact us by one of the means listed above and we will explain more about how our products can rejuvenate your septic system, even if it is failing.

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How to Repair Septic Systems Using Septic Drainer

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Hello, it’s your friends at Septic Drainer here. In this post, we’d like to share information and steps to take that will explain how to repair septic systems using our Septic Drainer line of products.

First, some context. Did you know that according to the U.S. EPA, 90% of septic failures are in the drain field, leach field or seepage pit?

Did you also know that there are many types of septic drainage systems? If you refer to the pages of www.septicdrainer.com you will see many of these types of septic drainage systems illustrated for you, to better understand what system you might have. Your local or county building permit department normally stores your septic system’s design plans. These drawings are usually called “as-builds,” which consist of a hand drawing or a professional drawing of the layout of the system. No we can move on and dig into how to repair septic systems.

The Steps

After locating your important structures you should mark them, like your tank access cover or your distribution box, which makes future locates easy. A great way to mark these important locations is with Septi-Marker. Septi-Markers are low-profile 5-inch wafers that mount above the structures, but at the base of the grass level. Septi-Markers are lawnmower-safe.

Once you’ve located your structures and exposed them, we recommend flushing the drain lines or other structures with a pressure washer or pressure jetting unit, while vacuuming any debris — such as bio-mat or water — and at the same time leaving the structures as clean and dry as possible. Your next step will be adding Septic Drainer, a soil conditioner that opens your soil and allows liquid to drain. It’s best to add Septic Drainer directly into your drainage pipes or structures.

Your final step would be to add Bio-Septic Boost, which will accelerate the growth of aerobic bacteria. It’s this bacteria that will consume a byproduct of hard pan soil, called bio-mat. Bio-Septic Boost should be added to the solid side of your septic tank or any inside house drain.

Remember: Once you restore your system, you should add a gallon of Septic Drainer every six months in any clean-out closets to the drainage structure, or simply in the the toilet. It’s recommended to add 2.5 ounces per month of Bio-Septic Boost in any inside house drain.

Also, be sure to have your tank pumped every two years and repeat the above repair process every five years.

— Mark Reynolds

Mark Reynolds

Septic Treatments – Know The Facts

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Hey, folks! It’s Mark Reynolds here to talk about septic treatments and their impact on your septic system’s biological and soil health.

Septic systems require biology and permeable soil to function. Adding harsh chemicals from septic treatments harms your system’s biological health. For instance, someone using bleach in your toilet will destroy the active bacteria in the system. An oxygen-deficient system can cause aerobic bacteria to die. Adding too much laundry detergent or household cleaners also causes biological failure. Adding sodium to the system causes failure too, by stopping water drainage and air flow.

Your system has both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobic bacteria live without oxygen. Think of it this way: Anaerobic bacteria live below the surface of the water, and aerobic bacteria live above the water surfaces. A septic system requires both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria to function properly.

When your system’s soil stops allowing liquid to drain, the oxygen in your system stops flowing as well, which starves aerobic bacteria of oxygen and causes them to die. When aerobic bacteria die off, anaerobic bacteria — bacteria that live without oxygen — take over.

Aerobic bacteria aspirate waste in the air, while anaerobic bacteria secretes its waste organically as a sulfide. (Another term used for this waste is “bio-mat.”) This bio-mat forms over a system’s failure point, which is the layer of soil called “hard pan.”

The septic treatment that best maintains both the aerobic and anaerobic bacteria’s biological health is a product called Bio-Septic Boost, which is a bio-stimulant nutrient. If you add bacteria, you need to add both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, and by adding a bio-stimulant nutrient, you’re enhancing the growth of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, without the risk of adding the wrong type.

Hardpan Soil

When your septic’s soil mixes with sodium, especially in clay soils, it creates Hard pan soil. This sodium comes from our diets, laundry detergent, chlorinated water and of course, water softeners. The septic treatment that corrects and prevents hard pan soil is a soil conditioner called Septic Drainer.

It’s our recommendation to add 2.5 ounces of Bio-Septic Boost per month directly in any toilet or drain for maintenance applications. We also recommend adding one gallon of Septic Drainer every six months directly in an toilet or inside drain. If your system is failing or has failed, we recommend shocking the system with higher dosages of Bio-Septic Boost and Septic Drainer.

Protect one of your second-biggest home investments: your septic system. It only costs an average of $ 0.52 cents per day. Let’s not forget to have your system pumped every two years. Every five years, have your drain field lines flushed and the entire system vacuumed out. Be sure this includes the field lines, the distribution box and the septic tank.

Order Septic Drainer and Bio-Septic Boost at www.septicdrainer.com or by phone at 518-812-0000.

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Water Softeners and Septic Systems

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Hey, it’s Mark Reynolds here, to talk about water softeners and the salt brine that discharges into your septic system.

Water softeners are whole-house filtration systems that remove calcium and magnesium from your water supply through a process called ion exchange. These are the same minerals that cause water hardness and its negative effects in your home. Unfortunately the byproduct of the process is sodium, which can cause septic issues.

It’s a little-known fact that salt can affect the performance of your septic system’s drain field. When salt combines with the soil, especially in clay soil, it binds up causing Hard Pan, preventing liquid percolation. This condition is called hard pan soil. The average homeowner discharges 56 pounds of sodium in a septic system’s drain field per year. Water softeners will further add to the sodium problem.

Adding a soil conditioner like Septic Drainer prevents hard pan soil conditions, as well septic drain field failure from hard pan soil. So if you have a water softener, we recommend adding a gallon of Septic Drainer to your toilet or tank. This will offset the additional sodium released into your septic system, keeping your drain field working just as it should.

Visit www.septicdrainer.com and Bio-Septic Boost or call 518-812-0000

Thank you,
Mark Reynolds

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Drain Field Wet Spots – Signs of Septic Trouble

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Septic systems fail long before you ever see it or notice anything is wrong. But when you do see drain field wet spots on your lawn, then you really know you’re in trouble.

Septic drain fields come in many shapes and sizes. To better understand the type of system you have, try visiting Septic Drainer for great illustrations on the types of septic drain fields. If you notice wet spots on your lawn, that would be the third or fourth stage out of four in your septic drain field failure level. That’s when you know that it’s crucial to take action.

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Sodium is the real problem. This sodium comes from salt fillers used in laundry detergents, sodium from our diets and last but not least, your water softener. Over time this sodium mixes with the soil, especially clay soils, to form “hard pan soil.” Hard pan is a thin hard layer that sits between the soil and stone or gravel. Hard pan soil prevents liquid waste from draining. Septic Drainer breaks up hard pan soil using a non-toxic, non-hazardous product that can restore or prevent septic drain field failure.

For more information, visit us at www.septicdrainer.com or like us on Facebook.

Do Tree Roots Affect A Septic Drain Field?

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Hi, it’s Mark Reynolds here, to provide a few facts in hopes of dispelling some long-believed myths when it comes to septic drain field failure. A very common question is: Do tree roots create septic drain field failures?

Most tree roots require oxygen to live. Roots like a very hydroponic environment to prosper and won’t grow underwater. In conventional septic drain fields, the drain pipes have drain holes in the bottom of the pipes. Since roots need oxygen and mostly don’t grow underwater, roots will be hard-pressed to enter the pipes from the bottom drain holes, especially if they are underwater.

Now, if the roots permeate the top of the drainage pipes, they still won’t grow underwater. That’s not to say the roots can’t grow into the pipes while they are dry and then create a secondary failure after the soil failure. It can happen, so be aware.

When restoring a failed septic drain field it would be important to remove the roots, the bio-mat and any debris found in the drainage structures, using Septic Drainer and Bio-Septic Boost. This proven process will get your septic system back on track and will help prevent future problems.

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What’s The Most Expensive Home Repair?

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Any guesses? Besides your home, the most expensive repair would be your septic system’s drain field. That’s why keeping it running smoothly is absolutely critical, unless you want to foot the bill of repairs and other remediation methods.

More and more communities are requiring raised mound systems that are costing as much as $35,000. Usually a raised mount system is required, because the percolation rate or liquid draining capability of the soil is very low, mostly in clay soils. It’s a very expensive, and potentially unnecessary, step to take.

In my opinion, a raised mount system only raises the distance between the drain field and the bad soil (clay). Using Septic Drainer opens poorly draining soils by breaking the bond between the soil and sodium. Raised mound systems can be restored using Septic Drainer. Septic Drainer can prevent septic failure and help you avoid the most expensive home repair, just by adding a gallon once every six to 12 months!

Go ahead: Make that investment today and get free shipping when you add another of our great products, Bio-Septic Boost. Use promo code Boost when checking out. Click here to Order Septic Drainer Today!

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Mark Reynolds

CEO

RCS II, Inc

Do You Have A Water Softener?

Posted on by Mark Reynolds

Do you have a water softener? Did you know the average home with a water softener uses up to 50 pounds of salt (sodium) a year, which discharges into your septic system? That can cause big trouble.

Water softeners are whole-house filtration systems that remove calcium and magnesium from your water supply through a process called ion exchange. These are the same minerals that cause water hardness and its negative effects in your home. Unfortunately the byproduct of the process is sodium, which can cause septic issues.

The biggest contributing factor to septic failure is sodium. Sodium, when combined with the soil in a septic drain field, creates hardpan soil. The other sources of sodium are laundry detergents, as well as our diets and even the medications we take. Americans consume more salt in their diets per capita than most other countries in the world.

If you use water softeners, you should use a gallon of Septic Drainer every six to twelve months, poured directly in any household septic drain. This will help manage the increased levels of sodium the water softener is producing and sending into your septic system. Order online at www.septicdrainer.com or call 518-812-0000.

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