Access For Monitoring and Maintenance Inspections

Monitoring and Maintenance (M&M) is extrememly important for your system. All septic systems in Kitsap County are required to have an M&M contract on the system, for the life of the system, except for residential gravity. When you have an M&M contract on your system, your M&M provider will come out and inspect your system regularly. However, if we're unable to access your system for inspection, we cannot alert you to problems, solve problems, or tell you when it's time to pump your system. An inaccessible system has the potential to cost you thousands of dollars. Keeping your system accessible should be a top priority for all home owners. One of the main things we check is the drain field. This is the part of your system that will typically begin to show the first signs of system failure and needing to be replaced. Most drain fields have inspection ports, which are covered by inspection port lids. There are two kinds of inspection port lids. The white twist off kind, and the green pop off kind. The green pop off lids are best, as dirt and debris can build up in the tracks of the screw on lids, making it difficult to get them on and off. If we can't remove the lids, we can't inspect the drain field. 

Replacement caps can be purchased at Lowes, Home Depot, HD Fowler in Gorst or Ferguson's in Silverdale. (Contact information for HD Fowler and Ferguson's can be found here)