Septic Emergencies, Handled Now

Sewage coming up the floor drain, a toilet that will not flush anywhere in the house, an alarm screaming on the aerobic unit at 9 pm: these are the calls this number was set up for. Call (765) 222-8198 any hour, any day.

While the truck is on the way

• Stop putting water down. No laundry, no showers, no dishwasher. Every gallon in has nowhere to go but back at you.
• Keep people and pets away from any surfaced sewage in the yard. It is exactly as unsanitary as it smells.
• Check the simple thing: if you have an aerobic unit and the alarm is on, note which light. Power blips around here after storms trip some units, and the tech will ask.
• Do not open the tank yourself. Septic gas drops people every year in this country. It is not worth a look inside.

What usually turns out to be wrong

The tank is overfull because pumping got skipped a few too many years. A clog or root mass sits in the line between house and tank. The outlet is blocked, or the field is waterlogged, which in this valley shows up most after long wet spells when the clay ground is already full of water and the field has no capacity left. Backups after big rains, common around Brookville and the lake ground, often point at surface water getting into the system, which is fixable once found.

Straight priorities

First, get the immediate mess stopped, usually an emergency pump-out that gives the system breathing room the same visit. Second, find the actual cause, because an emergency pump on a failed field is a bandage, and you deserve to know which one you just bought. The difference gets explained on-site in plain language, with prices before work.