Hello,
I'm hoping someone can provide me some feedback on a residential septic system repair. I have a home that was built seven years ago. So, the house is not very old. I live in the Central Texas Hill Country area and I'm in the county outskirts of town where the neighborhood all has septic systems. I pay a company that comes out quarterly to do their routine inspections that are required by the state. At the beginning of August the septic alarm went off and the septic pump needed to be replaced that was a nominal amount. About $95 to replace with a new pump. Approximately a week and a half ago, the company came out for their quarterly routine inspection and everything was fine. They followed up with an email stating that there were no issues. This weekend the alarm started going off again. I muted it since it was over the weekend and called the septic company to come out and check what was causing the alarm to go off. The technician came by today and said that the air compressor was bad and needed to be replaced and suggested replacing the diffuser bar that goes into the tank. I asked if this was normal wear and tear and he indicated that air compressors go out about every 3 to 5 years and said that I would likely have to replace it again within another 7 years. I asked if this was basically built-in hard costs of owning a home with a septic system, in which he replied "yes". The cost of the air compressor and diffuser bar was $810. So, my understanding now is that I have a yearly quarterly inspection cost of approximately $275 and then an expectation of having to replace the air compressor and pump everything 3 to 5 years. I'm not a plumber and have limited knowledge about septic systems. My question is if this sounds correct? Or, am I getting smoked blown up my back side?
I'm hoping someone can provide me some feedback on a residential septic system repair. I have a home that was built seven years ago. So, the house is not very old. I live in the Central Texas Hill Country area and I'm in the county outskirts of town where the neighborhood all has septic systems. I pay a company that comes out quarterly to do their routine inspections that are required by the state. At the beginning of August the septic alarm went off and the septic pump needed to be replaced that was a nominal amount. About $95 to replace with a new pump. Approximately a week and a half ago, the company came out for their quarterly routine inspection and everything was fine. They followed up with an email stating that there were no issues. This weekend the alarm started going off again. I muted it since it was over the weekend and called the septic company to come out and check what was causing the alarm to go off. The technician came by today and said that the air compressor was bad and needed to be replaced and suggested replacing the diffuser bar that goes into the tank. I asked if this was normal wear and tear and he indicated that air compressors go out about every 3 to 5 years and said that I would likely have to replace it again within another 7 years. I asked if this was basically built-in hard costs of owning a home with a septic system, in which he replied "yes". The cost of the air compressor and diffuser bar was $810. So, my understanding now is that I have a yearly quarterly inspection cost of approximately $275 and then an expectation of having to replace the air compressor and pump everything 3 to 5 years. I'm not a plumber and have limited knowledge about septic systems. My question is if this sounds correct? Or, am I getting smoked blown up my back side?
