Septic System Repair

Toilets gurgling, drains slowing all at once, a sewage smell in the yard — septic failures rarely announce themselves politely, and they never pick a convenient time. Roberts Excavation repairs septic systems throughout Plainfield, Windham County, and New London County, with 24-hour emergency response when a backup cannot wait for Monday. Owner DJ Roberts has been diagnosing and fixing Eastern Connecticut systems since 2010, and we run our own equipment, so the machine that fixes your problem shows up when we do.

Many of the systems in this region went in during the building push of the 1970s and 80s, which means a lot of leach fields are simply at the end of their working life. Others fail for fixable reasons: a clogged inlet baffle, a failed effluent pump, a distribution box crushed by a vehicle, or surface water pouring in around a damaged lid. We diagnose before we dig, so you are paying to fix the actual problem instead of guessing.

We will also give you a straight answer on repair versus replacement. A structurally sound tank with a tired leach field is a very different job from a system where everything is compromised, and patching a dead system just delays the inevitable. If the fix is small, we say so. If it is not, we explain what full replacement involves and quote it clearly. Estimates are free either way.