Cesspool & Septic Service, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

  Maintain Your Septic System   Murphy's Cesspool & Septic Service   Nassau & Suffolk County, Long Island, NY THE BEST CESSPOOL & SEPTIC COMPANY ON LONG ISLAND NYSeptic.com Email:  Service@NYSeptic.com Phone 1:  631.758.4171 Phone 2:  631.476.5484 Fax:  631.475.2898 How to Care for Your Septic System Septic system maintenance  is not complicated, and it does not need to be expensive. Maintenance comes down to four key elements: Inspect and Pump Frequently Use Water Efficiently Properly Dispose of Waste Maintain Your Drain field Inspect and Pump Frequently The average household  septic system should be inspected at least every three years by a septic service professional. Household septic tanks are typically pumped every three to five years. Alternative systems with electrical float switches, pumps, or mechanical components should be inspected more often, generally once a year. A service contract is important since alternative systems have mechanized parts. Four major f

THE BEST CESSPOOL & SEPTIC COMPANY ON LONG ISLAND NYSeptic.com Email:  Service@NYSeptic.com Phone 1:  631.758.4171 Phone 2:  631.476.5484 Fax:  631.475.2898 Murphy's Septic Tank Installations Septic Systems  sometimes utilize cesspools ( overflows , leaching pools ) in their design. Other alternative drainage system components may include leaching fields or a sump system with leaching ponds to supplement cesspools. A  Septic Tank  would be the primary component in the treatment process, where solids sludge and water are separated. Using baffle walls and or tees to aid in separation. Then allowing for the wastewater ( blackwater or effluent ) to drain via a pipe to an overflow pool (leaching pool , cesspool).  Septic tanks  have solid bottoms and are designed to capture solid material similar to a grease interceptor in design and function.  Septic tanks  vary in size from a household  septic system  all the way up to larger commercial  septic systems . In a  septic tank  bacteri

THE BEST CESSPOOL & SEPTIC COMPANY ON LONG ISLAND NYSeptic.com Email:  Service@NYSeptic.com Phone 1:  631.758.4171 Phone 2:  631.476.5484 Fax:  631.475.2898 How Septic Systems Work? Long Island cesspool and septic systems are typically made of a few different components. There is a receiving structure that might be either a septic tank or a cesspool. Along with the drainage area, which could be a drainage field or another cesspool. Houses built before 1972 will have block cesspools. Homes built after the year 1972 will have a septic tank as the main receiving structure. Along with precast concrete cesspools serving as the drainage area. When installed and properly maintained by a Long Island septic system and cesspool professional service at regular service intervals, your septic tank and drainage system can provide many years of reliable service. A septic system acts as an on site sewage treatment plant used by municipalities where sewers are not available. Back in the 1800′s a