​Question #2

Do you have a sewer cleanout accessible outside your foundation, or in your crawlspace?

If you don't have a riser, locate services will be required. We always start with the old tried and true method of using a probe rod to push into the ground and find the tank. If the ground is extremely hard or the tank is more than 4 feet deep we will need to gain access to the sewer pipe to use a locating camera. 

YOUR SEPTIC TANK CANNOT BE PUMPED FROM THIS PIPE! The sewer cleanout is for gaining access to your sewer pipe to clear blockages in your mainline sewer.

​Question #3

What year was your home built? or what year was the septic system installed?

On a tank that needs to be located, and dug up, the age of the septic tank will let us know what kind of tank is installed, and what type of access it will have.

Depending on age, a concrete septic tank will either have a "standard access" or a "slab lid access" also called a coffin lid. 

Many new installations have plastic tanks. If a riser was not installed. The access will be a 24-to-30-inch round plastic lid flush with the top of the tank.

Most homes built in the 1980s and newer will have the standard access.  This is a tapered square concrete block about 18 by 18 inches sitting flush with the top of the tank. 

Homes from the 1970s and older will have slab lid or coffin lids. These tanks are similar in dimension as concrete tanks made today, but instead of a solid top with access ports. They have 3 to 4 concrete slabs that lay across the top of the septic tank. Typically slab lid tanks require more excavation to uncover, and are more labor intensive to get access to. These older tanks can still be in fully functional and structurally great condition, but in some cases they can be brittle, and prone to collapse due to deterioration.

J&J can install risers on either style of septic tank. ​

This Page is to inform and direct customers that are completely new to owning a septic system and for those who are ready to get started on basic pump out maintenance of their septic system. 

When you contact J&J Liquid Waste Services you will typically get a list of questions about your home and past experience with your septic system. The more information you can provide the better we can get right to the point and get you serviced.

If you don't know the answers to any of these questions thats not a problem at all and you are in the right place.  J&J Liquid Waste Services, makes it a point to educate the customer about their septic system. We are experts at a what we do, and will make it our job to figure out what you have installed on your home.

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Question #1

Does your septic system have riser access?

If you have a riser on your system you are in the best position for moving forward.  Give us a call and we can get you an exact quote for a septic pump out. 

Understand what your riser will look like in the pictures below. If you do not have a riser don't panic. We are experts at locating and installing access to septic tanks.  (Septic risers are typically 12 to 24 inches in diameter concrete or plastic.)