Services
Pumping, maintenance, repair, clean-outs and grease traps, for homes and businesses.
Pumping is the heart of what Grace Septic does. We find and open the lids, pump the sludge and scum out of every compartment, and look at the inlet and outlet while the tank is empty, so you know how the system is doing as well as that it’s been emptied.
A septic system that’s pumped on time and watched a little rarely becomes an emergency. We help you set a pumping schedule based on the size of the tank and the people using it, and we keep an eye out for the small things (a cracked lid, a slow outlet, standing water) before they become big ones.
When drains slow down or sewage backs up, the cause can be the house line, the tank, a broken baffle or the drain field. We track it down and tell you plainly what it will take. Repairs that change the system itself are done under a TDEC repair permit, as Tennessee requires.
A lot of “septic problems” are really a clog in the pipe between the house and the tank. Grace Septic snakes the exterior clean-out to clear that line, and if the tank turns out to be the problem, we’re already there with the truck.
Restaurants, church kitchens and food businesses rely on grease traps to keep fats, oils and grease out of the sewer. We pump them out completely so they keep working and your kitchen stays on the right side of the local sewer utility’s rules.
Grace Septic serves commercial property owners as well as homeowners. Shops, churches, campgrounds and rental properties often have bigger tanks and heavier use, and they need a company that shows up when it says it will.
How the system works
Everything leaves the house through one pipe. The clean-out is where we snake it when it clogs.
Solids sink as sludge, grease floats as scum, and the clearer water moves on. Pumping removes what bacteria can’t break down.
Perforated pipe in gravel lets the water soak into the soil, which does the final cleaning, here often thin clay over limestone.
A pump-out, step by step
Know where your lids are? Tell us when you call. Don’t know? That’s fine too.
(423) 923-7126Tell us the town, the problem and anything you know about where the tank and lids are.
We locate and uncover the tank lids. Risers make the next visit quicker.
Sludge and scum come out of every compartment into the truck.
We check the water level, the inlet and outlet and the tank’s condition.
Lids go back on secure, and we tell you what we saw and when to pump again.
Permits
In Tennessee, building, changing or repairing a septic system needs a permit from TDEC’s Division of Water Resources, which looks at the soil and inspects the work before it’s covered. Pumping is done under the pumper’s own TDEC permit; Grace Septic’s is #951.
Sewage in the house?
Keep people and pets away from any sewage; it’s a health hazard. Don’t open the tank yourself. Call (423) 923-7126 and we’ll find out whether it’s the line, the tank or the field.
Up and down the valley
Pumping, repairs, clean-outs and grease traps for homes and businesses in Hawkins, Hamblen and Grainger counties. A family business, based in Mooresburg.
