Trust Schultz Septic Service for your next septic tank pumping. Our septic service company is located in Ottawa and Muskegon, Michigan, and serves the surrounding area. When necessary, we provide urgent service within an hour of your call. Since 1953, our family-owned-and-operated company has provided the Muskegon area with excellent septic tank services and inspections. We do not simply pump your system and call it a day. Instead, we pump it and remove all sludge, giving your system a longer life expectancy while saving you money.
If you have begun to smell something odd around your home, it may be time to have your septic tank looked at. You may need to have your tank pumped, or you may have a broken line or some other issue.
According to experts at the University of Arizona, families that use septic tank systems should either have septic tanks pumped on a regular schedule or when the sludge layer reaches 24 inches deep. At minimum, septic tanks should be pumped every three to five years.
How do residential septic systems treat the waste from your home so that any bacteria or contaminants are removed? The system actually relies on the ground outside your home and microbes that are naturally a part of soil to remove most of the contaminants.
Some warning signs that may indicate your septic tank has failed are wet spots in your yard and gurgling sounds in your drains.
You can increase the time between septic tank pumping by taking some basic steps. Use low flow shower heads and take shorter showers, run your dishwasher and clothes washing machines with full loads only, and do not let the water run when shaving or brushing your teeth.