Q & A

Often times a customer here and there will call up and have a few questions for us. Mostly, these inquires are sparked by a notice from their county that they reside in and or they are new home owners to a property with septic.

Either way, we welcome any and all calls asking us a question or two, or three or four! We are always glad to help out in any way we can- even if it includes a "go to" or a secondary company reference.

With all of that said, today I had customer P call and ask the following question:

"How often do I need to be pumping my septic?"

Here are a few of the different responses that I would typically run through and did with P:

• How many people are living in the home and using water on a regular basis each day for bathing, washing and other normal daily water use?
• Does your home have a garbage disposal and does it get used on a regular basis?
• How much laundry do you do each week?

and the list can go on and on... this is of course based on the conversation with each individual customer about their household.

Further more, all of us here at Schlomkas obtain training, classes & continuing education credits via the U of M's extension program. I often browse their website looking for more info when asked questions like this mention in the future. Today I found a great worksheet for septic tank pumping frequency guidelines {see PDF}. I plan on sending an email to P tomorrow morning with this reference and also providing a few more answers to some additional info that I have gone ahead and looked into for him. I hope this helps!

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What kind of questions might you have for us? Ask away!