Albertville sits on top of Sand Mountain, the sandstone plateau that covers much of Marshall County. The city stands about a thousand feet above sea level. Guntersville, down by the lake, sits around four hundred feet lower. Inside the city, the Albertville Municipal Utilities Board runs the sewer mains along with water and power. Past those mains a house treats its own wastewater in a tank and a drain field. That is the rule on most of the land around Albertville, out toward Douglas and Sardis City. Permits for those systems come from the county health department in Guntersville.
We are Affordable Septic and Plumbing. We work out of Piedmont. Albertville sits on our Northeast Alabama route, the same one that covers Gadsden and Attalla. Septic is the only work we do. The company holds an Alabama Level II onsite wastewater installer license. That is the advanced level, the one that covers engineered and large commercial onsite systems. We run three crews and own our excavation equipment. The machines that cut the trenches come with the crew. Decades of septic installs sit behind the company. New systems, septic tank pumping around Albertville, tank work and field lines are normal days for us. Estimates are free. The number is (256) 453-9003.
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The Albertville Municipal Utilities Board handles sewer for city residents, and it runs the water and power as well. The board was set up in 1943 to run the city utilities. The city lists the sewer system at a maximum capacity of 11.5 million gallons a day. The board says it serves Albertville and the area around it. Before you buy a lot or add a bathroom, ask the utilities board whether a main runs to the street. If the answer is no, the lot needs its own system.
Outside the city limits, septic is the normal setup on Sand Mountain. That covers the farm roads between Albertville and the towns of Douglas and Sardis City. The same goes for much of the ground along US 431 and Alabama Highway 75 past the city line. Most of what we do out there is routine tank work. Lids, risers, baffles and the line from the house wear out over the years. That is septic tank repair in Albertville. When the field quits taking water, the job turns into drain field repair in Albertville.
The rock under much of Marshall County is the Pottsville Formation, a sandstone with shale and siltstone layered through it. The soils on top come off that rock, and they are not all the same. One of them is named for the town. The Albertville soil series was named here in 1956, and it formed in clay weathered mainly from shale. It drains well but moves water slowly, and soft shale turns up 40 to 60 inches down. Hartsells soil is sandier and hits sandstone bedrock at 20 to 40 inches.
Thin soil over rock changes what a drain field needs. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System says plateau soils tend to be shallow. It also says what goes into them can leach toward bedrock. Slow clay is the other side of the same problem. A soil evaluation settles which one your lot has before anyone brings a machine out. Permits come from the Marshall County Health Department environmental office in Guntersville. No septic system installation or repair starts before that permit is issued. When an old system is past saving, the job becomes septic system replacement in Albertville.
Communities & areas we serve around Albertville: Sand Mountain, Boaz, Sardis City, Douglas, Guntersville, Lake Guntersville.
Albertville ZIP codes served: 35950, 35951.
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We pump and clean septic tanks on a routine schedule, through the main lid so the whole tank empties. Estimates are free, and we cover Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia.
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We repair septic tanks, lids, risers, baffles, and the lines running in and out of the tank. Estimates are free across Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia.
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Septic system replacement for a tank or field that is past repair. We pull the county permit, set the new system, and deal with the old tank. Free estimates.
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Drain field repair puts the buried field lines back to work when your yard stays wet. We repair and replace field lines across Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia.
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Regular septic tank maintenance keeps solids in the tank and out of your field lines. We pump on a schedule, clean the outlet filter, check the lids, and look over the drain field.
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We inspect septic tanks and drain fields, then put what we find in writing. We also handle perc tests and soil tests for new lots across Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia.
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A new build that needs a septic system, a tank that is overdue for a pump out, or a drain field that will not dry up? Call or send the form and we will look at the job with you and price the whole thing. The estimate is free.
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