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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Hendersonville sits on Old Hickory Lake, and the lake shapes the septic work here. Homes on the Walton Ferry, Indian Lake and Cages Bend peninsulas sit on narrow lots near the water. A tank and a drain field have to fit in that space. When the field gives out, the yard stays wet and the smell shows up over the trenches.
Wiley Rooter and Septic Pros is based in Greenbrier, about 15 miles northwest of Hendersonville. We handle septic services in Hendersonville and across Sumner County. That means septic tank pumping, pump and alarm repairs, drain field work, clogged drains and broken sewer lines. Estimates are free, and you can call or text (629) 285-6381.
Tell us what the septic or sewer is doing. We will get right back to you.
Hendersonville is the largest city in Sumner County. The 2020 census counted 61,753 people here, and a 2024 estimate put it near 63,900. It sits about 18 miles northeast of downtown Nashville on Old Hickory Lake. Water covers more than six of the city's 38 square miles.
The city does not run the water and sewer. Two utility districts handle it, White House Utility District and Hendersonville Utility District. Their sewer lines do not reach every property. The city's land use plan describes the northwest part of the planning area as unlikely to get sewer.
The same plan listed the southern tips of the Indian Lake and Cages Bend peninsulas among the areas without service. Houses in pockets like that run on a tank and a drain field. When a lot has no sewer to tie into, the job is a new septic system. We set precast concrete tanks with a boom truck and plumb them in.
A drain field only works if the soil under it takes water. Middle Tennessee runs to heavy clay, and clay moves water slowly. Limestone sits close to the surface in much of this area. Where the soil over rock is thin, a field has less room to treat water.
Karst ground shows up across Middle Tennessee, with sinkholes and cave passage under the surface. Hendersonville adds slope and water on top of that. The city's plan flags floodplains, wetlands, stream buffers and slopes over 15 percent as sensitive ground. Lots near the lake sit low, and the water table stays close.
Wet winters and springs push a marginal field over the edge. Water stands over the trenches, and the grass there turns soft and dark green. That usually points at the field rather than the tank. We open the system, check the levels, and price the drain field repair from there.
The Army Corps of Engineers finished Old Hickory Dam in 1954. The lake brought a housing boom along the shoreline. The Walton Ferry and Sanders Ferry areas filled in over the decades that followed. Many of those houses are still on their original service lines.
Old clay and cast iron pipe cracks and shifts as the ground moves. Roots find the joints and build up inside. Drains slow down first, then a main line backs up into the lowest fixture. We cable the line and clear it 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. 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.
Septic work in Tennessee runs through the state. The Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Resources, issues subsurface sewage disposal permits. A new system needs a construction permit, and so does the repair of a failed one. The state also keeps lists of approved soil consultants and licensed installers and pumpers.
Sumner County falls under the state's Nashville Environmental Field Office. Soil work comes first, because the soil sets the size and the layout of the field. Lake lots carry one more limit. The city's plan lists Army Corps of Engineers land along the shoreline as sensitive ground.
Wiley Rooter and Septic Pros is licensed, insured and bonded. The company brings 20 years of septic and sewer experience to work in Sumner County. We do our own excavation and our own road patching. Estimates are free, and we handle the permit paperwork on systems we install.
Communities and areas we serve around Hendersonville: Indian Lake Peninsula, Cages Bend, Walton Ferry, Sanders Ferry, Rockland, Saundersville, New Shackle Island, Durham Farms, Mansker Farms, Bluegrass Estates, Creekside at Station Camp, Indian Ridge.
Hendersonville ZIP codes served: 37075, 37077.
Free estimates throughout Sumner 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.
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Tell us what the septic or sewer is doing. We will get right back to you.