ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON SEPTIC SYSTEM

For one year from the date of installation, Apalachee Backhoe and Septic Tank, LLC will repair at no charge any part of the system which is defective in material or workmanship, provided that the septic tank system has been used for the purpose for which it was designed. The warranty is void if the property owner allows any of the following to occur:

1. The system was used for a purpose other than that which it was designed by the permitting Health Department.
2. More water is used than the system is designed by the local Health Department to accommodate.
3. Leaky plumbing fixtures are allowed to drain extra water into the system or drain water from gutters or footing drains or other surface water is directed into the system.
4. Non-decomposable solids such as sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, condoms, cleansing tissues, paper towels, filter cigarettes, coffee grounds or other similar materials which will not readily decompose with anaerobic bacterial action are discharged into the on-site sewage treatment system.
5. Greater than normal amounts of household cleaners are used or harsh chemicals, paints, solvents, oil or similar materials not typical of domestic sewage are discharged into the system.
6. Compounds advertised to benefit the action in a septic tank or to clean the septic tank are added to the system without the permission of the installer.
7. A garbage disposal/grinder is added to a system which is not originally designed to have one.
8. Water using equipment such as a water softener, iron filter, hot tub, etc. are installed without the permission of the installer.
9. Additional fill or landscaping are placed over the on-site sewage treatment system without the permission and direction of the installer.
10. A lawn grass cover is not maintained over the soil absorption unit of the system.
11. Runoff water from roofs, driveways, patios, etc. is allowed to flow over any part of the system. The property owner must notify the installer if runoff water is noted to be standing on any part of the system.
12. Installation of a subsurface automatic lawn sprinkler system which discharges water over the area of the soil absorption unit of the system.
13. Vehicles heavier than a riding lawnmower being driven on the soil absorption unit; unnecessary foot traffic, pets or livestock tied or allowed to walk repeatedly over the soil absorption unit.
14. Evidence that the property owner has opened any part of the system without the permission of the installer.
15. Failure to allow the installer to inspect the system upon request.
16. The warranty is also void if the water table rises above the level established by the Health Department at the time of permitting.

WARNING: No one except a qualified service person should enter any septic tanks or pump tanks, because of the extreme physical hazard.