When you have a septic system and you see the bubbl’n crude in your back yard, it ain’t oil, black gold, or Texas T and you’re not moving to Beverly Hills.  It’s your septic system backing up and its going to cost you a pretty penny to fix!

Tennessee Valley Excavations

Just in case you are on city sewer and have no idea what I am talking about, a septic system is a highly efficient, self-contained, underground wastewater treatment system. Yep!  When you pull the handle on the back of your toilet, it goes straight to your back yard.  The goal being that it stays underground, fertilizing your grass, not creating a smelly stream through said grass!

We realized that we had a septic problem recently, I got on the horn to several of the local contractors that handle this kind of crap. After interviewing each of the prospective contractors, I decided to give the job to Tennessee Valley Excavations.  Michael Davenport, the owner,  told me exactly what needed to be done and gave me a quote.

Tennessee Valley Excavations

My new septic system

For the price of a fairly nice vacation, we got :

• a new 24 inch riser lid
• all new 10 inch graveless field line
• a new baffle pipe in the septic tank
• the yard dressed down with seed and straw
• all mess cleaned up

Michael came out on the weekend and did all of the excavation work in person and only had one worker with him.  They were able to finish the job in just a few hours. They did a great job and I would highly recommend them if you find yourself in a stinky situation … or need any other excavation work.

Today, we are able to flush with confidence, knowing that all of our unwanted crap will stay where it belongs.  Underground, pushing up daisies!

I know this has been one of my worst smelling posts, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.  Thanks for reading anyway.