Service Area
Murfreesboro sits at the geographic center of Tennessee, and the city has grown fast since 2010. The census counted about 108,000 people here that year, and recent estimates put it near 168,000. Most of that growth went up inside the sewer lines, near the square and the university. Those parts of town carry 37130 and 37129 addresses, and city sewer takes the waste away. Middle Tennessee State University even has its own zip code, 37132. Drive out past Murfreesboro's last sewer main and the rules change for a homeowner. Plenty of properties in 37127 and 37128 run on their own tank and drain field. Rutherford County is the fifth most populous county in Tennessee, and much of it is still farmland. Those rural edges of Murfreesboro are where our work is. When you are off city sewer, everything the house sends down the drain stays on your ground.
Septic Superior is a family business. Buddy Tomlin has worked on septic systems in Williamson County since 2004, and his son works with him. We take on jobs across Rutherford County's septic areas, from new installs to septic pumping for Murfreesboro homes. We also handle septic tank repair, drain field repair, maintenance, inspections, and sewer and water line work. Most households need the tank pumped every three to five years, which is what the EPA advises. Murfreesboro is the far edge of our range, so call and we will tell you what we can do. Estimates are free, and emergency septic service is available.
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City sewer covers the built up middle of Murfreesboro. It does not run out to the county's back roads. Consolidated Utility District pipes drinking water across Rutherford County, but water service is not sewer service. A house on county water can still send everything to a tank in the side yard. The district also runs drip systems for subdivisions where sewer never reached.
Septic ground here means Rockvale, Christiana, Lascassas, and the farms out toward Milton and Readyville. Walter Hill sits about six miles north, on the East Fork of the Stones River. Kittrell is roughly seven miles east on Highway 70S. Big lot properties around Halls Hill run on tanks too, even with a Murfreesboro mailing address. New houses keep going up on those roads, and each one needs a system sized for its own soil.
Tennessee does not let a septic system go in without a permit. A new system needs a construction permit under the state's subsurface sewage rules, handled through TDEC. Before that permit comes, the site gets a soil and site evaluation. What the soil shows decides the type and size of system your lot can hold.
Murfreesboro sits in the Central Basin, on limestone. Flat Rock Cedar Glades, about eight miles east of town, shows what that means. Soil there barely covers the rock, and sinkholes drain straight into it. Shallow bedrock and slow draining clay both limit where a drain field can go. Some lots need an engineered system instead of a standard tank and field.
Communities & areas we serve around Murfreesboro: Rockvale, Christiana, Lascassas, Walter Hill, Milton, Readyville, Kittrell, Halls Hill.
Murfreesboro ZIP codes served: 37127, 37128, 37129, 37130, 37132.
Free, no-obligation estimates throughout Rutherford County.
(615) 957-9682
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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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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Buried sewer and water lines crack or clog under the yard. We find the bad section and put in new pipe.
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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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