Lincolnton, and the farms all around it.
The county seat sits on a square, and ten minutes out in any direction the lots turn into acres. That outer ring is where nearly all the well and septic work in Lincoln County lives.
Two counties, two sets of records
The county line matters more than it looks like it should. Septic and well permits are administered county by county, so the record for a Lincolnton property lives with Lincoln County environmental health rather than with Gaston, and the same is true of any new permit.
For a homeowner that is mostly a matter of knowing which office to ring for the diagram of your own system. For anything that needs permitting, it is the difference between the process starting and the process not starting.
We work both sides of that line routinely, which is the practical benefit of sitting in High Shoals: the office is close to the Gaston end of Lincoln County and Lincolnton is a straightforward run north.
Farm properties and what gets asked of a system
A working property is not a subdivision lot with more grass. There can be a second dwelling, a shop with a bathroom, a barn on the same water supply, and seasonal loads that a residential system was never sized for.
The most common version of this is water rather than waste. A well that comfortably supplies a house will struggle if it is also filling troughs or running irrigation, and the symptom shows up in the house as pressure that collapses when something else is running.
On the waste side, an outbuilding bathroom plumbed into the house system decades ago is a very normal thing to find and a very normal thing for nobody to have documented. It is worth mentioning when somebody comes out.
Clay, and the reason fields fail slowly
The red clay across this part of the piedmont is the defining constraint on any drain field. It drains slowly by nature, which is why perc rates here are what they are and why fields have to be sized generously.
A field does not usually fail overnight. It gets gradually less able to take water as the soil interface clogs, and the first symptoms are subtle: drains that are slightly slower, a patch of grass that stays greener and softer than the rest, a faint smell after heavy use. By the time effluent is surfacing, that process has been running for a while.
The reason to pay attention early is that the early stages sometimes have cheap answers. The late stages have permits attached.
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I called Ray's back at 8:50PM Friday night, and not only did they answer they talked to me for 10 minutes and methodically went through what to check. We discovered over the phone that the pump float had fallen off the pole and wasn't activating the pump. He described how to fix it over the phone and saved me a lot of money not having to have an emergency response. Unbelievable customer service, most folks would have charged me the service fee.
Andre came out and he was absolutely amazing. Very kind and honest. The prices they have are great but we would honestly be willing to pay more for the customer service. We were told by another septic tank company that we had to replace our entire system, we called Ray's and that was not the case at all. Just needed a pipe cleared.
We've gotten pump outs from another local company every 7 years for the 26 years since we built our house. This time we contacted Ray's Septic. What a difference. The price was substantially less than several other companies and our usual vendor. Andre was without a doubt one of the most customer service focused people I've ever met. He performed the job, cleaned up the work area and was extremely professional.
We used Ray's to pump our ancient tank from the 1930's. Andre was our technician and he was nothing short of spectacular. Found our septic tank, didn't make a huge mess digging, pumped it efficiently, and gave us great tips for taking care of our tank moving forward. All for a very reasonable price.
They sent the most knowledgeable and polite technician, Andre. After he pumped the tank he explained I still had water dripping into the septic tank due to a faulty flapper in the toilet tank, that you could not hear running from inside. I called my plumber to come out and repair, he said Andre was right, bad flapper.
I asked around for a good priced knowledgeable and honest pumping service, most answers were Ray's. I had my pick of any day. Gabe showed up, very knowledgeable. I had just purchased my house so I didn't know where my tank or lid was, but I had the environmental diagram so Gabe found the lid in no time, pumped my tank, and took time to help me understand more about it.
Septic and well work across Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
Yes. High Shoals sits close to the county line and Lincolnton is a routine run. Permits and system records are held county by county, so a Lincoln County property goes through Lincoln County environmental health.
County environmental health holds the permit record for most systems installed since the seventies. For a Lincolnton property that is Lincoln County.
Not necessarily. It is often a matter of the pump, pressure tank and yield being sized for a house rather than for a house plus everything else that got added later.
No. Lincolnton is inside our normal service area and the inspection is free there like everywhere else we work.
Call (704) 748-9595 and we will book the visit on the phone. Lincolnton is inside our normal service area.
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