We handle septic tank installation in Rockvale, TN, an unincorporated community in western Rutherford County. It sits in ZIP 37153, about 21 miles east of our base in Thompson's Station. State Route 99 runs through it from Eagleville on its way into Murfreesboro. Snail Shell Cave is a limestone cave in Rockvale. Its mouth is a sinkhole 125 feet across and 60 feet deep. Consolidated Utility District (CUD) says much of the county rests on limestone rock that does not easily absorb water. Some subdivisions in the county send their wastewater to a shared STEP field, and CUD maintains those systems. A home on neither STEP nor sewer treats its wastewater on its own lot, in a private septic system. Installing and caring for that private system is our work in Rockvale.
Septic Superior is a family septic company based in Thompson's Station. There are more than 20 years of septic work in Williamson County behind the company. In Rockvale, our crew handles septic system installation for new homes and full replacement of failed systems. Private systems already in the ground get septic tank pumping and repair from us. We file the permit with TDEC, the state environment department, and handle it start to finish. Emergency septic service is available. Every estimate is free and on site: we look at the lot and hand you one price.
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Rockvale is home to three schools: Rockvale High, Rockvale Middle and Rockvale Elementary. The Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 survey estimates about 5,682 people and 2,096 homes in ZIP 37153. The median home there was built in 2001, so about half the homes are that age or newer. When a new home will run its own septic system, our crew sets the tank and builds the drain field. We can top the tank with septic tank risers and lids so it opens at ground level.
Snail Shell Cave is the longest continuous cave in the Tennessee Central Basin region. The cave system drains over 100 square miles to a major spring on the Stones River. If your Rockvale lot has a sinkhole, a stream or a drainageway, TDEC's distance table applies. It keeps the tank at least 15 feet from each one, and field lines 25 feet. Both stay at least 50 feet from a well or water supply. We place the tank and field to fit those distances.
Rockvale has no city government, so Rutherford County zoning and the state septic rule apply. Rutherford is not one of Tennessee's nine contract counties. Septic permits here come from TDEC's Division of Water Resources under state rule 0400-48-01. Construction permit applications can go to TDEC through its service request form. A TDEC-approved soil consultant does the soil evaluation, and we coordinate it as part of the install. Our guide to the perc test in Tennessee covers who does that soil work.
Rutherford County's zoning packet covers new and replacement houses. A home on septic needs its TDEC septic completion letter or permit. Homes on a STEP system or sanitary sewer skip that letter. Sheds and garages must sit at least 10 feet from the tank and field line areas. An in-ground pool must sit 25 feet from field lines and 15 feet from the tank. Under TDEC's distance table, the packet warns that these conditions can affect the usable soil area on your property.
Communities & areas we serve around Rockvale: Versailles, Windrow, Barfield, Midland, Eagleville, Almaville, Christiana, Blackman.
Rockvale ZIP codes served: 37153.
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We pump and clean septic tanks for homes around Thompson's Station. Call (615) 957-9682 for a free estimate on your next pump out.
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Septic tank repair for cracked tanks, broken lids and risers, failed baffles, and backed up lines. We pull the lid and find the real problem before we quote the work.
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We set risers and lids that bring a buried septic tank up to the grass, and we locate tanks nobody has records for.
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A soggy yard or a sewage smell over the field lines means the drain field has stopped absorbing water. We find the failed section and repair it, from a single lateral to a full leach field replacement.
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Septic tank maintenance keeps solids in the tank and out of your drain field. We measure the sludge and clean the filter, then set a pumping schedule that fits your household.
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A septic tank inspection tells you what shape a system is in before you buy or sell. We open the tank and check the drain field, then put the findings in writing.
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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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