Septic Service In Austin, TX
Pumping And Repairs Across Austin
On Lake Austin or past the city limits, we handle septic service in Austin. We find the tank and dig to the lids, and you get the price first.
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Septic Rules In Austin
Septic In Austin: Which Office Covers Your Address
Not sure you're on septic? Sprinkler heads you never put in, a control panel mounted outside or a lid in the yard all mean your home treats its own wastewater instead of sending it down a city sewer line.
Which office oversees your system depends on the address. Inside the City of Austin, and on every lot with Lake Austin frontage, it's Austin Water. In unincorporated Travis County it's the county, and within about 2,000 feet of the Lake Travis shore it's the LCRA.
When Work On Your System Needs A Permit
Figuring out which office to call isn't your job. When a new install needs a permit, HomeField Travis County handles it for you. Repairs rarely need one, and if yours does, we'll guide you through getting it.
SERVICES
Septic Services We Provide In Austin
One call covers it all: Austin septic services for pumping, repairs, inspections, installs and design.
A pump-out clears out the solids before they can reach the rest of your system. In Austin that might be a conventional tank and drainfield or an aerobic unit in the western hills, and we pump both.
We quote before we pump, and the quote is the price. A pump-out is $695 for any tank up to 1,200 gallons, aerobic or conventional, and bigger tanks are priced on the phone. Call (512) 275-6619 and we'll quote your tank.
- Conventional and aerobic tanks
- Price quoted before we start
- Hillside lots and narrow drives
What breaks usually depends on your side of town. West of I-35 it's mostly the moving parts of an aerobic unit; east of it, a drainfield in heavy clay that can't take more water.
Call us and describe what's going on, and we'll tell you over the phone what you most likely need. You get our read before anyone opens a lid, and the work waits for your OK.
- Aerobic parts in the west hills
- Clay drainfields on the east side
- Start with a phone call
If your Austin home runs an aerobic unit, state law requires regular inspections under a maintenance contract. Plans start at $39 a month, and we handle all of your legally required inspections with an Advantage Plan. Call and we'll set one up for your system.
On each plan visit we look the whole system over, moving parts and control panel included. Switching from another company? Our first visit is an initial inspection, filed with the county (or the LCRA near Lake Travis), as is every later one, so your requirement stays met.
- Moving parts checked each visit
- Filing handled for you
- Easy to switch your contract
A new system in Austin starts with your lot. Which side of I-35 you're on steers what the soil can take, and your permitting office sets the rules the system has to meet.
We take the install from design through permit, so there's one number to call for all of it. Tell us about your lot and your plans for the house, and we'll explain what a system there is likely to involve.
- Matched to your soil
- Meets your permit office's rules
- One number from design on
Design comes first on a new or replacement system. We run the process and match a licensed designer to your lot, who draws the system to fit the site and your permitting office's rules.
Expect the design back fairly soon. The permit is the slower step: in Travis County, count on months rather than weeks, and which office you're under moves it. That's why it pays to call early in your planning, before the build schedule is set.
- Licensed designer for your site
- Drawn to the local rules
- Call early in your planning
Selling or buying an Austin home on septic means an inspection has to happen first, and ours meets that requirement. We test the whole system and inspect every part, and all parties get a detailed write-up of the results, whichever side paid for it.
The inspection is $400 per system. Buying or listing in Austin? Give us a call and we'll get one on the calendar.
- Whole system tested
- Written results for all parties
- $400 per system
A business on septic can't have its restrooms go down during open hours, so keeping the tank pumped is part of staying open. We pump commercial septic tanks for Austin businesses and properties.
Every Austin site's tank and system are different, so commercial pumping is quoted for yours. Call us for a free quote, and we'll book the pump-out around your business, outside opening hours or on a closed day.
- After hours or closed days
- Sized to your system
- Quoted by phone
A commercial system has to handle the flow your business actually sees, not a household's. On Austin sites past the sewer line, the soil and the local permitting rules shape what can go in.
We run the commercial install from the design onward, so the owner or manager deals with us for all of it. Call and we'll quote the project for your site.
- Sized for your flow
- Design to finished system
- Quote for the whole project
When a commercial system acts up, the business feels it right away. When you call, tell us what the system is doing, and we'll give you our read on the likely fix and get the repair on the schedule.
We quote the repair for your site before any work begins. Call us, and we can usually get out the same day or the next.
- Diagnosis starts on the phone
- Quoted for your site
- Scheduling as soon as we can
Run a business on an aerobic system inside Austin Water's jurisdiction, and the maintenance contract never ends, so neither do the inspections. We can take that schedule off your list.
Each visit looks the whole system over, moving parts included. Pricing depends on your property and system, so call us for a free quote.
- Ongoing contract, handled
- Inspections kept on schedule
- Quoted for your property
A business going in past the sewer line, or adding on, needs a design sized to the lot and the flow it expects. We manage that process, and a licensed designer matched to the site draws the system to the permitting rules that apply there.
Tell us about the site and how it'll be used, and we'll quote the design with the project for free.
- Licensed designer for the site
- Designed for expected flow
- Drawn to the local rules
WHERE WE WORK
Areas Of Austin We Serve
Most Austin homes on septic sit past the reach of the city sewer, and that's where our septic services in Austin come in. In the far-west hills that means neighborhoods like Rob Roy, Seven Oaks, Cuernavaca and Westwood.
Every lot with Lake Austin frontage is on its own system too, whatever its size or shape. The lake is near our base, so if you're on the water, we're close by.
Past the city limits, homes run on septic in the east-side clay and the western hills alike. If you're on septic in Austin, we cover you, and our list of every town we serve shows the rest of Travis County and northern Hays.
Parts Of Austin We Cover
Rob Roy
Seven Oaks
Cuernavaca
Westwood
Lake Austin Frontage
Outside The City Limits
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Soil And Systems In Austin
Why Austin Homes Run Different Systems
A friend across town may have a plain tank and a drainfield while your yard has spray heads and a control panel. The ground under each house decides it, and that ground changes near I-35, where the Balcones line runs.
West of it, thin soil sits on limestone, often less than the two feet Texas requires under a drainfield. East of it is Houston Black clay, where water drains so slowly that a drainfield has no room to spare.
What That Means For Your System
Most west-side homes run an aerobic unit, and its moving parts all need to keep working. Every aerobic pump-out includes a check of the aerator, spray heads and control panel, so if a part is wearing out, you hear about it on a visit you'd already booked. Our crew leaves an aerobic tank with some liquid in it rather than pumping it completely dry, because its bacteria are the treatment.
On the east side, if your tank feeds a drainfield, pumping on schedule stops solids from washing out into that clay, so the field keeps doing its job.
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Septic Questions We Hear Across Austin
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MAINTENANCE PLAN
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Plans start at $39 a month, and the inspection dates become ours to keep track of, not yours. Not sure which plan fits your system? Call and we'll match one to it.
InspectionAdvantage Plan
The affordable way to stay compliant and keep an eye on the system. Repairs aren't covered: parts and labor are billed as they come.
MID-TIER
MechanicalAdvantage Plan
Stay compliant and skip the costly surprises. Covers repairs on the mechanical parts that actually fail out here: pumps, floats, compressors.
Full CoverageAdvantage Plan
For the homeowner who never wants to think about septic again. Mechanical, electrical, sprinkler heads, and pumping after year one.
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