Septic Tank Pumping
We pump and clean septic tanks for homes and businesses around Mishawaka. Routine pumping helps keep sludge out of your drain field.
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Bristol sits where the Little Elkhart River meets the St. Joseph River, a few miles south of the Michigan line. Much of the ground around town is fast-draining sand, with a high water table in the low spots. The federal soil survey rates nearly all of the town's mapped land as very limited for septic drain fields. Sand filters wastewater poorly, and wet ground leaves a drain field little room to work.
Bristol is part of our service area, under 20 road miles east of our office in Mishawaka. ASAP Poop handles septic tank pumping and septic repair for homes and businesses around Bristol. We also put in new systems and work on the sewer lines that tie into the town's mains. Call (574) 254-7667, and our office staff will set up a time.
Tell us what your septic system, sewer line or drain needs and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
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The Town of Bristol runs a sewer utility for homes and businesses in and around town. Lift stations move the flow to a treatment plant by the St. Joseph River. Past the reach of that sewer, a home treats its own wastewater with a septic tank and a drain field.
The town's 2025 newsletter laid out a two-year build with a new wastewater treatment plant and new water mains. That work covers the town's side of the pipe. The line from your house to the main is often the owner's to fix. The town office at Town Hall can tell you where its part ends.
Inside town, we work on the sewer line and the drains that feed it. Drain cleaning or hydro jetting opens up a clogged line. When roots or a broken pipe block the flow for good, we handle sewer line repair and replacement.
Two sandy soils cover more than a third of the land in town: Bristol loamy sand and Tyner loamy sand. Soil scientists rate both as excessively drained. Wastewater runs through them fast, before the soil can filter much of it.
Low ground brings the opposite problem. In the soil survey, the Gilford soils around town carry ponding and a shallow water table. A drain field in wet ground has little dry soil to treat wastewater. Sewage can then pool in the yard or back up into the house.
Around Bristol, pumping on a schedule keeps solids in the tank from washing out into the field. When the yard over the field stays wet or drains slow down, we check the tank and field first. Then we put the drain field repair quote in writing. If sewage comes up through a floor drain or a toilet, call (574) 254-7667 for emergency septic service.
Bristol was platted in 1835, one of the oldest towns in Elkhart County. The town's own history says it began as two villages, Bristol and Sydneyham. Census Bureau estimates show roughly a third of the town's homes were built before 1960.
Older houses often sit on older sewer lines, where roots push into cracks and loose joints. A main line that keeps backing up after each cleaning often points to damage in the pipe.
By the same Census estimates, Washington Township runs newer, with a median build year in the early 1980s. Past the town sewer, the tank and the drain field are the owner's to keep up. Building a new house on an old lot? The county allows the old system only with a permit on record and enough capacity, among other conditions.
Replacing a failed tank or drain field takes a permit from the Elkhart County Health Department. Its environmental health office in Goshen works under the state rule, 410 IAC 6-8.3, and a county ordinance. The county sizes each system by the number of bedrooms in the home.
For a new system, a soil scientist checks the ground before the county will consider a permit. For a system already in failure, county staff can do that soil check instead. The standard system is a tank with a trench of stone or gravel-less chambers. Where a site rules that out, the county calls for a pump-assisted design, such as an elevated sand mound.
State law calls for an Indiana 811 locate request at least two full working days before a septic dig. We handle septic system installation, the excavation included, once the county sets the requirements in writing.
Communities and areas we serve around Bristol: Downtown Bristol, Vistula Street (SR 120), Division Street (SR 15), Elkhart Street, Congdon Park, Hermance Park, Commerce Drive, County Road 4, Bonneyville Mill on County Road 131, Indiana Toll Road exit 101, Washington Township, York Township.
Bristol ZIP codes served: 46507.
Bristol is part of our service area. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
(574) 254-7667 We pump and clean septic tanks for homes and businesses around Mishawaka. Routine pumping helps keep sludge out of your drain field.
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New septic systems and full replacements across St. Joseph County and Elkhart County. We do the excavation and build each system to the county permit.
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Slow drains and soggy ground point to a septic system in trouble. We find the cause and repair the tank parts or the drain field.
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Sewage coming up a drain or a septic alarm going off is a call we take, weekends included. We pump the tank and track down the cause.
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We repair and replace sewer lines and put in new ones. We also switch homes from septic to sewer, and we do the digging for all of it.
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We clear clogged and slow drains and main sewer lines for homes and businesses. A drain cable opens a typical clog, and jetting scours lines that clog again and again.
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Hydro jetting scours grease, scale, sludge and roots off the walls of sewer and drain lines. Our jetter crew handles lines for homes and businesses across St. Joseph County and Elkhart County.
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Trenchless pipe lining cures a new pipe inside a cracked or root-filled sewer line. The liner goes in through a cleanout or a small access hole.
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Lift station service for home pump chambers and business lift stations in St. Joseph County and Elkhart County. When an alarm sounds or a pump acts up, call (574) 254-7667.
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We repair leaks and broken pipes, plus the drain plumbing that runs out to a sewer or septic system. Tell us what you see, and we put the quote in writing.
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Very very happy with your company you driver was very friendly and professional and quick. Would recommend your company to anyone plan to have our septic pump in fall of each year from here on out thanks see you next fall 2027
No one likes dealing with poop!!! These guys take it on and do it really well. Daisy is very helpful in setting up appointments! The technicians that come out to the house to pump always do a great job. Thanks ASAP
Had a septic emergency and they were able to send a tech out within an hour to clear the tank. Fast, friendly service. Both the dispatcher and the technician were informative and knew exactly what we needed. Highly recommended.
Very knowledgeable, and experienced. Found the issue and knew how to resolve it. Great experience. Thank you!!
Noticed our septic cover was starting to overflow a bit, called and let them know and they were out within 2 hours. They pumped it for us and were on their way. 10/10 recommend!
The communication was excellent, they showed on time and were friendly and professional. Thank you!
A few of the questions we hear most around Bristol. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Tell us what the septic system or the drains are doing and where the property is. Call (574) 254-7667 or send the form, and we set a time to look at the job.
Tell us what your septic system, sewer line or drain needs and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Already know what you need? Schedule a Job online