Septic Installation
New septic systems for new builds and replacement tanks when an old one gives out. We dig with our own equipment, set the precast concrete tank, plumb it, and tie it into the drain field.
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Homes around Clarksville run into two different kinds of trouble. Out past the city sewer lines, the house is on septic, and the yard turns soggy over the drain field. Inside town, it is a clogged main or a broken sewer line under the driveway. The rock and soil under Montgomery County make both jobs harder than they look.
Wiley Rooter and Septic Pros is based in Greenbrier, about 30 miles southeast of Clarksville. We install and repair septic systems across Montgomery County, and we work the sewer side too. That covers septic tank pumping, pump and alarm repairs, drain fields, clogged mains and broken sewer lines. Estimates are free, and you can call or text (629) 285-6381.
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Clarksville is the county seat and the only incorporated city in Montgomery County. Clarksville Gas and Water runs the city water and wastewater systems. Homes inside that sewer footprint send waste to the city plant. Everything past it runs on a septic tank and a drain field.
That puts a lot of Montgomery County on septic. Sango, Woodlawn, Cunningham, Palmyra and Southside all have acreage and older homes on tanks. Sango was farmland into the 1990s before subdivisions filled it in. Many of those systems are decades old now.
The city keeps growing. Clarksville counted about 167,000 people in the 2020 census, and estimates put it near 189,000 by 2025. New houses go up in parts of the county where there is no sewer main. Those lots need a new septic system, and we set precast concrete tanks with a boom truck.
A drain field only works if the soil below it takes water. USDA soil descriptions for Highland Rim ground list a fragipan in many of these soils. That is a dense layer, often 18 to 30 inches down, that water moves through slowly. A field built above a fragipan can stay wet long after the rain stops.
Limestone adds the second problem. Montgomery County is karst country, with sinkholes, springs and cave passage under the surface. Dunbar Cave State Park in Clarksville sits on that same rock. Where soil over the rock is thin, a field has less room to treat water before it reaches limestone.
Wet winters and springs make it worse. Bottomland along the Cumberland River and the West Fork Red River holds a high water table. Standing water over the trenches usually points to the field rather than the tank. We open the system, check the levels, and price the drain field repair from there.
Plenty of Clarksville homes sit on city sewer. The older parts of town along the Cumberland River run older service lines. Clay and cast iron pipe cracks, shifts and lets roots into the joints. Drains slow down, then a main line backs up into the lowest fixture in the house.
We cable the line first and clear the blockage with professional drain cleaning equipment. If the clog comes back, a camera goes down the line to find out why. The video shows a break, a belly, an offset joint or a root mass, and it locates the spot. We dig after the camera finds it.
A broken line under a street turns into a sewer line repair with a road crossing. The crew saws the asphalt, sets the new pipe, compacts the trench and patches the road. We do our own excavation and our own road patching. Backfill and yard cleanup are part of the same job.
Septic work in Tennessee runs through the state. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Resources, issues subsurface sewage disposal permits. A new system needs a construction permit, and so does a repair to a failed one. The state also keeps the lists of approved soil consultants and licensed septic installers and pumpers.
For a Montgomery County property, the application goes to the state office that covers this county. Soil work comes first, because the soil sets the size and the layout of the field. Zoning and subdivision questions go through the Clarksville-Montgomery County Regional Planning Commission. We handle the permit paperwork on systems we install.
Wiley Rooter and Septic Pros is licensed, insured and bonded. The company brings 20 years of septic and sewer experience to work in Montgomery County. Estimates are free, and we will tell you what the system needs before anything gets dug.
Communities and areas we serve around Clarksville: Sango, St. Bethlehem, New Providence, Woodlawn, Cunningham, Palmyra, Southside, Shady Grove, Port Royal, Hilldale, Needmore, Oakridge.
Clarksville ZIP codes served: 37040, 37042, 37043, 37052, 37142, 37171, 37191.
Free estimates throughout Montgomery County and the surrounding area.
(629) 285-6381 New septic systems for new builds and replacement tanks when an old one gives out. We dig with our own equipment, set the precast concrete tank, plumb it, and tie it into the drain field.
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We repair what fails on an existing septic system: pumps, floats, alarms, baffles, lids and broken lines. Our crew finds the failed part first, then fixes it and puts the ground back.
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We repair and replace drain fields that have stopped taking water. Gravel and fabric trenches, dug and set by our own crew.
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We inspect septic systems for home buyers, sellers and owners due for a checkup. You get a written report on the tank, the pump and the drain field.
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We pump and clean septic tanks around Greenbrier and the north side of the Nashville area. While the lid is off, we check the tank and tell you what we see.
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We clear clogged drains, toilets, tubs, kitchen lines and main lines with cable machines sized to the pipe. On septic homes we can tell you whether the clog is in the line or the tank is full.
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We repair and replace sewer lines between the house and the septic tank or the city main. When the line has to cross a road, our crew saws the asphalt and patches it back.
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We run a camera through your sewer or drain line and watch the video as it goes. That shows the break, the roots, the sag or the offset joint, and where it sits in the yard.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Clarksville. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send the details here and we will get back to you. You can also call or text (629) 285-6381, and estimates are free.
Tell us what the septic or sewer is doing. We will get right back to you.