Highlights On average, the cost to clean a septic tank ranges between $250 to $550, with a national average cost of $400. Septic tank cleaning costs are made up of several factors, some of which are ...

Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

If your home isn't hooked up to a municipal sewer system, your alternative is a septic system, which includes a container buried underground on your property that holds and treats the water and waste ...

Septic tanks are a lot easier to understand than you might think. If you have only ever relied on city water and sewer systems, transitioning to a home with a septic tank might seem a bit overwhelming ...

Carroll homeowners using private septic systems will soon pay three times more to have them pumped out and cleaned than do residents in surrounding counties. The county’s first septic waste treatment ...

Buying or replacing a septic tank is a financial problem that for many homeowners can kind of stink, in more ways than one. From start to finish, installing a septic system requires detailed planning, ...