Sometimes, septic tanks in Loudoun County VA freeze up due to cold. There are multiple places that the freeze could happen within the septic tank system – and you think that you may have a freeze. What should you do? Call the septic tank experts at SES.
And here’s what you should NOT do:
- Do not run water continually to try to unfreeze system. This can overload the system, and then all of that water – and whatever waste that was with it, will surge back up into your home.
- Do not add antifreeze, salt, or a septic system additive into the system. This interferes with the good bacteria in your system.
- Do not pump sewage onto the ground surface. A frozen septic tank system is bad enough; fecal waste on the ground makes the situation worse, and is a health hazard.
- Do not start a fire over the system to attempt to thaw it out.
For more information on septic tanks in Loudoun County VA, please contact SES. The septic tank experts in Loudoun County VA, and the rest of Northern Virginia, SES offers full service septic tank inspection, septic tank repair and maintenance and septic tank installation to keep your home, family and neighborhood safe from the dangers of raw sewage.