A septic tank is one of the most important parts of the home. This is due to it fulfilling a task that is rather unpleasant to deal with. That is to store the waste of the people living there. However, myths regarding septic tanks are common thanks to the hands-off nature of many owners.
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With the septic tank playing an integral role in making sure that your home or business stays clean, it only makes sense that you keep it maintained. If it were to fail at the worst time, you could have sewage flowing through your living room floor or the dining area where your customers are. Either way, it can be a disaster that can be avoided with good septic tank maintenance.
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Maintaining your RV toilet can be a daunting task as it can be quite unpleasant to clean it out. However, it’s a dirty job that someone has to do, and that someone could be you. So what better way to be ready for the job than to read up on RV toilet maintenance.
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Your septic tank is an important part of a good home. Without one you’d have to shovel out waste yourself. However, you should remember that septic tank odor can become a problem if you’re not taking the necessary precautions. But how exactly do you prevent or minimize it?
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Your septic tank is an integral part of your home and without it you’d have to manually clean your own toilets. Many home and business owners will neglect their ttank and over time it will slowly degrade. This will make it easier for it to break and ruin your home.
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When we were children we were taught that bacteria were all bad. This is why it can be confusing when a company like us shows up and tell you why bacteria is something you need in your life.
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For many food service business owners, the grease trap is an important part of business. It helps make sure that fats, oils and grease that come from friers, grills and other cooking implements are disposed of. You’re going to expect a lot of problems cropping up when you experience a grease trap failure in the middle of service.
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Your septic tank is an important fixture in any home and business. However, this essential part of home cleanliness can end up becoming a ticking time bomb that can ruin your day and your business. Overflowing, and awful smells are the least of your worries if you leave your septic tank alone. The best way to keep this from happening is to make sure that you know what causes these disgusting septic tank problems.
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Having your septic tank regularly checked for issues is an important part of being a good home or business owner. You wouldn’t want it failing on you at any time. Not just because of the awful smell and filth that will be everywhere if it does fail, but also because of the amount of trouble you’re going to need to go through if it does fail. However, your septic tank still fails despite your best efforts and there’s sewage everywhere. You might be thinking what you could have done to prevent the accident and what could have caused such a crappy disaster.
Continue reading “Common Reasons for Septic Tank Failure”A composting toilet is a great alternative to your usual septic tank toilets when there aren’t any stable places to have a septic tank or if the area is secluded. But keeping one maintained can be an arduous task and if not properly maintained can lead to your toilet being unusable for months. The best way to make sure that doesn’t happen is to know exactly what needs to be done to keep one maintained and in top condition.
Before we get into the nitty gritty of how you can keep your composting toilet in top condition, we first need to know how it works. You can’t fix something if you don’t know how it works.
Aerating Waste with Mulch
Your usual composting toilet will have a deep pit where you’d normally find mulch like sawdust or shavings. There is also usually a container near the composting toilet with more mulch that you need to toss in after you’re done answering the call of nature. The reason why sawdust and other similar materials are used instead of sand is that they create small pockets of air. These air pockets let air circulate better in the pit and making it easier for bacterial cultures to decompose the waste.
Bacterial Assistance
Most if not all composting toilets make use of bacteria to help decompose waste. There are two kinds of bacteria that you’ll find in a composting toilet pit. The bad bacteria that can cause disease and commercial bacterial cultures that you’ll introduce yourself. The bacterial cultures will eliminate bad bacteria while also decomposing the waste faster and more efficiently. It also makes sure to eliminate the smell that comes with human waste.
Now that you know how your composting toilet works, you might think that all you need to do is toss in mulch and bacterial cultures in there to keep it working. That isn’t the case as it needs other maintenance steps to keep it from smelling like an open septic tank.
Daily Cleaning
Composting toilets are known to require more cleaning than your standard flush toilets because of how a composting toilet is built. It’s literally a toilet on top of a pit. In order to trim down the pyramid of filth in the pit, make sure to have it scooped out every day.
Proper Usage of Mulch
There should be a spare bucket filled with mulch near your composting toilet. This makes it easier for a person who just recently used the toilet to reach it and throw a fresh coat of mulch on their waste. It dries out the waste and makes it much harder for bad bacteria and flies to breed and grow in the pit.
Avoid Pouring Water in the Toilet
Water might seem like a good idea to throw into your pit, but it does more harm than good. Water will turn the inside of the pit into a sloppy mess and make it much harder and more disgusting to clean it out. Not only that, the sloppy mess in your toilet’s pit is the perfect breeding ground for bad bacteria and flies to breed and grow.
Keep Other Waste Out
Human waste is the only thing that should be going down your toilet. Solid objects like glass, chunks of wood, and cloth will sit in your pit for extended periods of time and will not easily turn into compost like the human waste. This also makes it exceptionally more dangerous to clean a pit out, especially if there are any sharp objects in there. A single cut can lead to a septic infection and put your life in danger, so make sure to put foreign objects into a bin instead of the pit.
