Lutes and Sons Septic Services

Locally Owned and Operated in Portland, Indiana

Residential & Commercial Septic Cleaning, Maintenance & Repairs | Certified Septic Inspections | Drain Cleaning

Routine Septic Tank Pumping

Normally septic tanks are to be cleaned every three to five years (sometimes even more often), depending on usage, age, size and other factors. Lutes and Sons Septic Services will locate, clean and inspect your septic tank during your routine cleaning-pumping. We will check for leaks, inspect the inlet and outlet baffles and determine if there are any problems you should be aware of. If you do not know where your main access lid is located, we can locate it for you. We can dig open lids as well.

Septic System Maintenance & Repairs

Inlet and outlet baffles need cleaned routinely throughout the life-cycle of a septic system to ensure it is in the most efficient working condition, we offer this service to our customers that would rather not do this themselves. Drain-fields can get clogged due to neglect so we offer drain-field restoration services as well as inspections to diagnose issues with septic systems. We can also replace pumps, replace baffles, replace/repair deteriorated distribution boxes (also referred to as a d box or dbox) and install risers and lids for ease of access to tanks.

Drain Cleaning

Have a clogged or backed up drain? Our Drain Cleaning services are for virtually any drain outside your home or business; over time drains can clog and run slower as greases, soaps, fats, etc build up on the inner walls of the pipes causing a backup. Roots can be another natural cause of backed-up or slow running drains that we can help fix/repair. We have all the tools necessary to clear your drain blockage and get them working again.

Certified Septic Inspections

Lutes and Sons Septic Services is State Certified to Inspect Septic Systems (Certified through IOWPA Indiana On-site Wastewater Professionals Association). Failing systems are expensive to repair or replace therefore when buying or selling a property that is served by an on-site sewage system, knowing the condition of the system is critical for negotiation and often required by lending institutions for mortgage loans. We will inspect the tank and provide detailed documentation of the condition of the system to the client.

Flood Water Removal

In the event of a flooded basement due to sump pump failure, excessive rain, backed-up drains or a sewage backup, Lutes and Sons Septic Service can pump out and remove the waste-water. 24 Hour Emergency Service is available for situations like this.

Drain Field & Septic Tank System Restoration

Why replace your drain field when it can be restored at a fraction of the cost? When a septic drain field fails, it’s almost always because the soil, not the septic tank or the drain pipes, but the soil itself gets clogged up and compacted with a layer of biomat which prevents the fluids from your septic tank from being able to drain out into the soil like it should. This causes the septic tank back up, and if the problem is bad enough, raw sewage can back up into your home’s plumbing fixtures.

Utilizing the EarthBuster™ Deep Soil Decompactor, Lutes Septic knows how to restore your septic drain field taking on the problem right where it starts. Safely opening pathways underneath your lawn/drainfield and breaking up the biomat layer so your septic system fluids can flow freely again, leaching out and away from your system.