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British Columbia Sump and Catch Basin Cleaning

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Sump pumps need preventative maintenance to continue running smoothly and efficiently.  This machine assists the drainage system by removing liquids to help in preventing flooding and other high water issues.  When this system is not used often, you need to have maintenance done about every five years, but if you use it often or live in an area that is not good for this type of pump, such as somewhere with a lot of mud or sand, the maintenance should be done at least every year.

Why It Needs to Be Cleaned
The maintenance you have done on your sump pump and catch basin is to ensure that all gravel, dirt, and sand are properly and thoroughly cleaned out.  If you let these things build up they can end up in the sump pit and can break the pump or cause clogging.  It is important to have maintenance done so that clogs are not able to form and start causing problems.  When you have a clog there is a risk that the house will become completely flooded and the sump pump motor burned out.  In this type of scenario, you may not even be able to get to the pump and the problems will just continue to compound.

Getting the Sump Pump and Catch Basin Cleaning Done
It is important to choose a reputable company that will completely and efficiently remove sand and debris and the water from your culverts, sanitary and storm pump stations, sumps, and catch basins, according to EdenFlo.  When the work is done right you can rest assured that you should not experience issues like clogs so that your system will continue to work effectively and not cause you any problems or hassles.

When to Use Video Line Inspections

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Performing a pipe inspection using a video camera is the simplest way to produce a visual inspection in real-time of interior water lines and underground sewer pipes. Using a flexible cable that is fabricated out of fiber optics, with an attached high resolution camera positioned at the end of the cable, allows the technician to have a complete view of the inside of the pipe. This helps to evaluate the condition of the pipe, and locate any obstructions. Once the blockage has been verified, it can be removed by a variety of options, to ensure its proper function.

Evaluating the Sewer SystemEdenflo Video Line Inspection

There are many reasons why a consumer would use a sewer video inspection to determine the condition of a pipe. This might be an evaluation of the sewer system, before purchasing a home. It might also be used as a way to identify the layout of an existing underground sewer system before making any changes to the plumbing system by adding on an additional bathroom. It can also be used to quickly locate and identify any type of issue with the sewer system to determine the best possible way to perform the repairs properly and economically.

Visually Identify Problems
By utilizing a video line inspection, the structure owner can save on future repairs. The inspection can quickly locate any break, or collapse in the drain line, or visually identify any problem, including corrosion, a belly pipe, leaking joints, offset pipes, or a blockage. It offers the viable information to properly diagnose any plumbing issue or to confirm the pipe’s condition.

A visual video line inspection works in any application including industrial, commercial and residential structures. It offers one of the easiest solutions for maintaining sewage pipes in British Columbia. It provides a real-time solution, where the technician can view on the monitor exactly where and what the problem in the drain line is.

Use Hydro Excavation and Hydro Flushing to Safely Expose Sensitive Utilities

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Hydro evacuation is a fast process that uses specialized water evacuating equipment that can quickly vacuum up debris, sludge, dirt, and silt safely. The process can be completed until the required depth and width has been achieved. The process of hydro evacuation offers a non-destructive solution that incorporates pressurized water and a high level vacuum system as an easy solution for digging.

The process of hydro excavation also creates a quick way to visually observe any existing underground utility that could be harmed in a traditional evacuating (digging) process. It can significantly outperform all traditional excavators, augers, and horizontal impact drilling rigs. Typically, a conventional digging project would require bulldozers, augurs, bobcats and shovels. Every one of these tools can cause significant damage to many of the hidden utilities including electric cables, optic cables, water mains, sewage pipes, and most importantly, gas pipes.

Minimizes Construction Delays
Many times, construction needs to be delayed, when an unexpected underground utility is located during the construction phase of any small or large project. This is where the process of hydro flushing and hydro evacuation can safely expose the sensitive utilities.

Because the equipment has the ability to use non-destructive methods to evacuate most holes sizes, it can be used to quickly set signpost, utility poles, concrete forms, and anchors in the exact position where required, without any potential to damaging sensitive underground utility or wires.

Because the system can so quickly evacuate all loosened debris, silt and sludge it provides the optimal working area. It minimizes the extensive restoration costs to bring the site back to its original condition.

The hydro flushing equipment also has the ability to remove any buildup scaling, sludge or debris from the interior of a pipe or drain to remove the blockage immediately.

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Time for Spring Cleaning – Book your Catch Basin Cleaning

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After any significant storm, it is always a good time for spring cleaning to ensure that the catch basin is free of debris and accumulated dirt. More than just a preventative measure, normal cleanings can ensure that the catch basin is flowing freely, and working properly.

A storm drain, or catch basin, in every neighborhood provides proper drainage of excess water that accumulates after a storm, or from melting snow. Many of the catch basins all across British Columbia experience high flooding throughout the year. It is imperative to remove debris and sediment that has built up and accumulated in the catch basins. Any debris that is left on the surface grates or catch basins will eventually decompose. The rotting solids will make their way into the waterways and can significantly reduce the levels of dissolved oxygen which would increase levels of bacteria in the water.

Remove Harmful Solids
Alternatively, by utilizing vacuum pumps and other devices, the equipment can loosen away all compacted material and remove the solids from the basin. In some areas, this spring cleaning process should be performed frequently as a way to eliminate any blocking of the system which could cause neighborhoods to flood.

Routine basin maintenance is essential because debris, sediment, leaves, trash, chemicals and other harmful pollutants can so easily enter the storm drains. By removing the debris quickly, the removal process can eliminate the potential of the harmful pollutants that could make their way into the beautiful streams, rivers and lakes of British Columbia.

Ideally, it is highly recommended to create and implement an effective catch basin maintenance schedule to ensure that storm water structures and catch basins are flowing freely. To maintain an effective sump capacity, it is recommended that the basin be cleaned before they are half-full or when quickly filling up with dirt, leaves and other debris after the winter months. This can significantly reduce higher pollutant loads and harmful discharges to the area surface waters.

Property Managers: Schedule Hydro Flushing to Remove Blockages

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The drainage pipes in older structures often require expert attention, especially when there is a need to blow out drain lines. Many property owners across British Columbia deal with a variety of plumbing issues where the water lines are not properly feeding the structure with enough pressure, or the drain system simply has built up layers of crusted debris making it impossible for the sewage to pass.

Assessing the Problem
Using advanced equipment, a trained technician can inspect and evaluate the problem. They can use high-pressure flushing equipment to thoroughly clean out any line from ½ inch in diameter, up to 8 foot wide storm drains. By using hydro equipment, the property manager can avoid the need to tear up drain lines and water lines that might be penetrating through the structure’s foundation.

Debris Sludge and Grease
Usually, the single largest cause for any drain line blockage in a commercial or residential property is due to the buildup of debris, sand, sludge or grease, or a combination of two or more components. By using high pressure water jetting, the technician can easily penetrate the grease and emulsify it. The process also breaks up any debris and sludge and is even powerful enough to pulverize roots. The jetting water can also cut away any of the hardened packed scale and flush out the entire system.

The process of using high pressure water flushing equipment is very economical, highly efficient, and safe for the environment. It is the most effective way to clean out sewer and drain pipes.

Routine Maintenance
When used as a preventative measure, hydro flushing offers an easy way to prevent against the buildup of mineral deposits and grease, along with intense scaling caused by decomposing debris and sludge. Any clogged can cause significant problems that could easily cause significant loss to revenue and customers.

Don’t Delay! Book your Septic System Inspection Today!

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Performing routine inspection and maintenance on the home’s septic system is vital. Properly maintaining the entire system will allow the safe disposal of the home’s sewage system. Routine inspection and proper maintenance assures the homeowner of an operational, healthy system for many years to come.

The septic system is a part of the home’s plumbing system that contains three essential fixtures including the tank, the system’s distribution box and the drainage field. All of the liquid waste from the home is moved to the sewage system, and enters the septic tank. As the waste and water begin to accumulate, all of the wastewater will naturally separate into the scum at the top layer, the wastewater in the middle, and the sludge that makes its way to the bottom. The natural bacteria inside the septic tank use the organic matter as its primary source of food. The residual material simply sinks to the bottom to create sludge. The wastewater then makes its way through the distribution box and finally out to the drain field, where it soaks into the ground below.

Critical Routine Inspections
Routine inspections are especially critical to ensure that the drain field is operating properly, and will last for years. Excessive rain and melting snow in the springtime requires an inspection and sometimes pumping of the tank to ensure the entire unit operates properly.

Without a septic system inspection, it is very easy for the drain field to become clogged because the effluent water contains particles that should have been consumed by the bacteria, or fallen to the bottom as sludge.

With proper maintenance, the entire septic system can last for decades. Without it, it can quickly fill up and stop working altogether. Do not delay. It is time to book a septic system inspection today, to ensure the home’s sewer drainage system is functioning properly.

Choose Edenflo for Environmentally Friendly Services

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Wastewaters, from commercial properties to residential homes, have basic characteristics that could cause a significant negative impact on the environment. It is often full of hazardous chemicals, microbiological pathogens, and other related contaminants that could cause significant issues if not handled properly. We at Edenflo are proud of our environmentally friendly services in helping our communities all across British Columbia maintain healthy standards when disposing of collected wastewater.

The wastewater all around our communities are waterborne liquids and solids that have been discharged from commercial and residential properties. While they are an essential component to living in a community, they can cause significant issues when not handled properly.

Removing, Controlling and Treating Wastewater
In general, the philosophy of proper wastewater sanitation typically involves removing, controlling and treating the wastewater before allowing it to reconnect with the natural environment. Through an intelligent design, companies including Edenflo, follow the basic fundamentals to ensure that the wastewater collected helps to maintain an acceptable condition of nature.

The treatment of wastewater is a proven process were all of the solids contained in the water go through a process where their partially removed and partially decomposed, and eventually forming inorganic solid. At that point, all of the liquids are naturally disposed, leaving only the solids behind.

Wastewater disposal can happen in two different ways. The process can include service disposal, such as using it for irrigation as a non-potable liquid. It can also be reclaimed by the Earth using sub-surface disposal techniques where the treated non-potable water is allowed to penetrate below the surface.

Edenflo works hard to maintain the highest standards with our eco-friendly services to ensure the community that no wastewater is discharged on the surface waters including our estuaries, lakes and rivers. Our actions help to eliminate the creation of dissolved oxygen that can cause significant harm to the water and the environment.

The Benefits of Hydro Excavation

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Hydro excavation is now a common and widely-used method of excavating, especially in Canada. Both commercial establishments and residential areas use this kind of excavation.

The following are some of the major benefits of using hydro excavation:

  • It is environment-friendly. Through hydro excavation, the environment is conserved. Human involvement in the procedure is minimized and the excavation is usually done on a constrained space and area. This ensures that the reclamation after the excavation is easier. Another advantage is that the collected debris and dirty water are disposed properly in designated areas in order to prevent any hazards on the health and environment.
  • There are less to no damages incurred. The traditional kind of excavating tends to be dangerous for workers since manual labour is used. With hydro excavation, no one gets hurt, especially when excavating areas with existing underground cables and pipes. Property damages are also minimized with this kind of excavation. Edenflo, a well-known and established Canadian company in the hydro excavation and hydro flushing industry, ensures that there’s minimal damage and repairs in the property.
  • Best option during wintertime. In winter, the ground tends to get hard and icy. This makes it difficult or even impossible for manual excavation to take place. For this cold season, the hydro excavation process uses hot water in blasting off the earth. This makes the entire excavation faster and easier.
  • It can be used in many ways. Hydro excavating is not just for creating septic tank or for a catch-basin. This can be used in creating holes for posts and poles, and in exposing tree stumps no matter what length the diameter is. It is also useful for trenching line installation and digging areas that are difficult to reach. Lastly, it can be utilized for landscaping purposes, like in pools and fountains.

Plumbing Contractors: Hire Edenflo for Your Pump Truck Needs

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Plumbing contractors are amongst the busiest in the industry. Their services are often needed in construction and in property management. Even the ordinary homeowners might require their services when the need arises. There are many different services that you can get from Edenflo, especially when your manpower cannot do all the tasks by themselves.

Edenflo’s servicemen are highly skilled and very professional. The prices are reasonable, especially for those who are operating in the different areas in Canada. They can also provide free quote to customers.

The following are some of the services that they provide:

  • Jet truck. This truck is equipped with a water pump. It can produce water at 40 GMP with a 3000 PSI rate. This is the perfect answer for cleaning up the sewage lines that are up to 600 feet deep and 18 inches wide. There’s also a video line equipment that is useful for situations with grease build up. This is best used for cleaning sewer in malls, parks, and apartments.
  • Combo truck. The combo truck is great for both hydro excavating and hydro flushing purposes. Both are used for maintaining and cleaning out sewers in the underground. This can be used in creating underground facilities such as septic tank and water lines. It is also utilized for cleaning out the catch-basin and sump pits in order to prevent flooding.
  • Vacuum tank truck. This truck is used for collecting and disposing liquid waste that are non-hazardous. This is useful for apartment complexes and other businesses that need disposal of their waste.
  • Lowboy. This can be used in reaching difficult areas that are not as easily accessible with other trucks such as those in the elevator pits, laneways, and parkades. It has a jetting system with high pressure, which makes it ideal for such purposes. It is often used for the maintenance of storm lifts and sanitary stations.

What is Catch Basin and Sump Cleaning?

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The sewage system plays an important role in every neighbourhood. This prevents floods and ensures that the rainwater is irrigated properly out of the establishments and buildings.

The catch basin and sump are just two of the many components of a sewage system. The sump pit is usually found under the basement where it collects the water and fluids and ensures that the basement is dry. The catch basin, on the other hand, is a part of the storm drain. It traps debris to prevent them from entering the pipes. Even if these two are completely different, both are used in preventing water to accumulate in unwanted places.

The sump pit and catch basin are used all throughout the year, no matter which part of the world you are from. This is the reason why they frequently get blocked by soil and other debris that aren’t caught by the grills. If this happens, there may be water damage in the basement and puddles in the road. Proper maintenance and regular cleaning for these sewage parts is a must, especially if you want to avoid such nuisance and problems. This is also helpful for flooding prevention.

In cleaning the catch basin and sump pit, the deposits and the sludge in those places are hosed and scraped off. This tends to be a bit difficult and tricky if done on your own. This is why contacting professional services is advised for these situations.

Edenflo can provide you with professional cleaning services for your sump pits and catch basins. This prevents the drainage from getting blocked, which may cause problems for you and your family. They can do hydro flushing and hydro excavating in order to clean up the sewage. This preps the sewage system for the storm and keeps your basements dry. Aside from cleaning, they also offer the construction of underground facilities like septic tank and water pipes.