Zeiter's Septics Products and Services

Zeiter's Septics Unlimited, Inc. is a full service septic and drain cleaning company.

• Pumping: Our Sterling vacuum truck has a Challenger Liquid cooled 600 cfm, and a 3600 gallon capacity tank. We also have a  Kenworth with a Jurop 360 cfm pump and a 2300 gallon tank. These trucks are equipped with pressure wash down systems. Heated valves keep us going on even the coldest of winter days. We clean residential, commercial, and industrial septic tanks, holding tanks, manholes, and catch basins. Our drivers are provided with route tickets for each job. These tickets have a check list for items that are inspected, was the tank overfull, was the tank baffled, did effluent run back in from the septic field, were there any wet spots in the yard, etc. etc. If we find any problems we can then inform the customer. We use the Summit software program to log all pertinent information, tank size, location and to generate reminder notices, and maintenance scheduling. This allows us to keep accurate records for all of our customers. Including each and every time the system was serviced.

• High Velocity Water Jetting: We have water jetters that are capable of cleaning from 1-1/2" up to 15" diameter lines, with root cutting capabilities. We have an extensive line of jetting nozzles including multiple penetrating heads, cleaner heads, bullet type heads, wort hog for roots, weighted heads ( for riding along the bottom of the pipe), and nozzles for cleaning grease trap lines . Our small jetter has 1000-4000 psi and 14-23 gallons per minute, with 500 ft. of hose. The water pressure can be regulated as needed. With jetting, as the heads feed through the pipe, the nozzles have jets on 45 degree angles to propel and clean the sidewalls as it goes. When possible water jetting is the preferred method, however there are time when we can not use water and we have a variety of electric cable rodders. We also have a dolly mounted jetter for using inside the home or building. Our employees have been certified in high velocity water jetting to better service our customers.

• Pearpoint & Insight Vision Color Cameras: A picture is worth a 1000 words. This is a typical grease and soap  stone build-up we discovered on a service call from a local school district. Initially we jetted in 20'-30' and broke through the obstruction. In the past practices we would have said OK everything is flowing the blockage has been cleared. However, with the new technology available today and our sincere desire to provide the best possible service to our customers. We use one of our color cameras to inspect the line to ensure that our diagnosis is correct. In the above case without the camera we would have never discovered that 130' of 6" line had a build-up which only left about 3" of open pipe. A service we now provide is Camera inspections with a video or report. This is beneficial for locating broken or cracked pipes, back pitch on pipes, tree roots and other obstructions that may exist. We also offer preventative maintenance programs to fit your needs.

• Septic Tanks & Filters: Norwalk Tank Company in Joliet is our Pre-Cast tank manufacturer. Norwalk makes custom tanks for our Bio-Microbics Aerobic treatment plant. They also are making a two-compartment tank for us. In the State of Wisconsin the Environmental Health Department has up dated it's code. It states that all septic tanks shall consist of two-compartments with a filter installed in the outlet of the last compartment. We as the end consumer are the ones that benefit from code changes like this.  With a two-compartment tank you have more settling time i.e. less floating solids & with the added Simtech filter (brand name we install) you have a reduction average of 60%-90% of the suspended solids entering the septic system. You also reduce the BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) by 20%-45%. These filters are very economical and terralifts, simply pull the used one out & slide in a new one.  Zeiter's can perform this service for you when we pump the septic tank or the homeowner can. There is a riser to grade for access to this filter which also doubles as a cleaning port saving the consumer from any dig fees. You have the option to either install a 2-compartment tank w/filter or to install the filter inside a tank sized for your new home. This filter can also be installed inside your existing septic tank or after it. Zeiter's includes a Simtech riser and filter on all new installations, septic repairs and terralifts.  Bottom Line less biomat build up, longer septic life. For more information please give us a call.

• Terralifting: An alternative method to failing septic fields. See FAQs & Tips for answers to your questions on why Septics fail. Terralift can provide a solution that is fast, effective and relatively inexpensive. In a few hours,  years of life can be added to your septic system with little disturbance to your yard. Terralift uses a long, narrow probe and an integral pneumatic  hammer to penetrate soil to depths of 3' to 6' depending on the depth of the leach field or sand filter. It then forces air and injects polystyrene pellets into the soil at a controllable rate using a special high-pressure compressor creating a network of hairline cracks, and fissures  which breaks up the biomat that has formed on the walls of the trenches, and loosens compacted soil in the leach field. The pellets keep air and water passages open to ensure proper leaching and transpiration. This operation is repeated every 4'-6', depending on soil conditions, around each of the septic trenches. We have been performing this procedure since 1994, and have performed over 350 terralifts with excellent results. Check out our photo page.

• Aerobic Units: Are miniature sewage treatment plants. These can be installed for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial use. An Aerobic unit consists of a Pre-treatment tank followed by an aeration compartment, discharged into one of the following, depending on the county you live in: a subsurface or raised sand filter, a septic trench, storm tile,  a body of water with a 5-1 dilution ratio or an effluent receiving bed..  Any aerobic unit that surface discharges would require a chlorine contact chamber and or a sampling port. We are installing and servicing the Bio-Microbics FAST wastewater treatment system, which we feel is the best residential & commercial unit available, call for a free brochure & quote. This unit has no electrical parts, floats, moving parts, filters etc located inside the tank. The media that is used has no maintenance involved. There is a blower that has a 2" air line going to tank. When we do restaurants or large commercial projects and need a batch treatment plant (for use with raised filter beds) we use Alternative Wastewater Systems SYBR-AER units. We provide service & service contracts for any and all types of Aerobic units. See our Aerobic units page and our photo page for pictures.

• Subsurface Sand Filters: Are sized depending on the number of bedrooms or the number of employees you have. Simply put you dig a pit after the septic tank or Aerobic unit approximately 44 inches below the outlet. You then install 5" of stone and lay some slotted pipe on top. This is called the collection pipe.  After which you cover the collection pipe with another 5 inches of stone. The next layer you install  is 2" of pea gravel. Then you put 2 feet of State approved birds eye filter sand on. After the sand we install another 5 inches of stone. Then you lay out a grid of  distribution pipe with a vent  or two above ground. Next you cover the distribution lines with another 5 inches of stone. The distribution lines are then  connected to the septic tank or Aerobic unit. All of the effluent coming from the house will flow through one of the above tanks and  into the sand filter where it is filtered and discharged through the collection pipe to a chlorinator. From there it will go to  one of the approved discharge points, see Aerobic section. Please see our photo gallery for detailed pictures.

• Raised Filter Beds: This type of system is becoming more popular because of the proposed new State & EPA code on eliminating surface discharge. (See Aerobics Page) With this type of system you have to use a Batch Treatment Plant. This unit blows air into the unit for approximately 20 hours then shuts down for 3 hours and then discharges the effluent from that day into a raised filter bed/cell that trickles down into a sand mantle. This system is sized by performing a shallow perk test or by using a soil classifier, and then the gallons per day, number of bedrooms or employees.

• Chamber Systems: We were one of the first installers to use this product back in the late 1980's. It has taken quite some time for the other companies to realize the benefits of the chamber product. Some people just don't like changes or are afraid to try anything new, not us. The Infiltrator and ADS chambers are a direct replacement for old fashioned stone and pipe leach fields installed in a 3 ft. wide trench. You get 38% more system in the same space without the drawbacks to a conventional gravel system of  soil compaction which happens from going back and forth from the gravel pile to the trench. Also, there is no excess stone to be cleaned and hauled off site. For more information on Infiltrator & ADS products please see our photo gallery page and check out their web site at www.infiltratorsystems.com or www.ads-pipe.com

• Pressure Dosed Systems: First of all I believe this is the best way to install any type of on-site wastewater system. When you pressure dose a septic system you are evenly distributing the effluent over the entire area of the system. You have control of how much effluent & how often you need to distribute the effluent by either an on demand panel or a timed dose panel. Each Residence or Commercial site is unique in that they have different water usage. All of the local Health Departments are requiring systems to be installed shallow to maintain a 2' minimum vertical separation from the limiting layer. When an installer has to meet these requirements  a lift station is needed to do this. If you have to install a lift station anyway, all you need now is to add a control panel & some extra pvc piping.

•On a gravity fed system when you are running water in the household there is a constant trickle or flow into the septic field for as long as 20-30 minutes after you stop running the water inside the house. We may have a graduation party or pool party at the house, or we fall behind on washing clothes and do more loads then we normally would have to and the system is overloaded that day. With a pressure dose system you have control over surges and excess water usage. This is achieved with a tank, pump or pumps and floats with a controller panel.

•Do you want to dose the same trench day after day until it eventually seals it self off with the biomat build-up and can not take anymore & then flows on to the next trench to start all over again? Or do you want to evenly distribute the daily flow over the entire system? For example say you have 500 lineal feet of septic field or a sand filter and you wanted to dose it with 400 gallons per day four times a day. You could dose it with 100 gals every six hours. You would be dosing it through 500' of 1-1/2" pvc pipe with a 3/16th's hole every 5'. This pipe is suspended inside the Infiltrator chambers. There would be a total of 100 holes discharging 1 gal per hole four  times a day.  This type of system is going to have a much, much longer life span. The same principle applies to just about any type of septic system you may be required to use.   Please if you have any questions or not quite sure you understand please call me, I would be happy to explain it more. We have been Installing since 1978 and we are continually learning about the new technologies that are available for the on site wastewater industry. We will be updating our photo page with our own pictures in the near future for now I have provided some from one of our suppliers. Please look at our pictures on the photo gallery page.

• Septic Inspections: Whether you are buying or selling Zeiter's Septics can provide you with a complete and comprehensive site inspection. By law you are required to have a Well and Septic inspection before you can sell your home. Your local Realtor should advise you of this.

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