Septic Line Repair
We dig up broken, crushed, separated or root-filled septic lines and fix them. That covers the line from the house to the tank and the line out of it.
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Man sits where Buffalo Creek meets the Guyandotte River, and the sewer picture changes at the town line. Inside the town limits, the state's sewer map puts nearly every home within reach of public sewer. Outside town, out WV-10 or up a hollow, many homes still run on a septic tank. When one of those tanks fills, the first signs are often slow drains and a gurgling toilet.
Honey Dippers serves Man and the hollows around it as part of our service area. We offer septic tank pumping for homes here and commercial septic pumping for churches and businesses on their own system. Call or text (304) 436-3409 with your road and what the drains are doing. We put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the septic tank, line or grease trap and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Two sewer utilities show up around Man on the state's water and sewer map. One is the Town of Man, and the other is the Buffalo Creek Public Service District. The district's service area follows Buffalo Creek up its valley from the mouth at Man.
Outside those service areas, a home most likely has its own septic tank. Federal funding requests for the district in 2025 and 2026 describe 178 customers in underserved areas. Each one has a failing septic tank or no sewer service at all. Sewer lines around Man keep growing, so the utility can tell you whether a line reaches your road.
Buffalo Creek runs about 17 miles down its valley before it meets the Guyandotte River at Man. On February 26, 1972, a coal waste dam failed on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek. The flood took 125 lives along the creek and reached Man about three hours later.
The state's report on that flood found a flood plain 200 to 500 feet wide from Saunders to Man. Every soil the USDA soil survey rates near Man comes out very limited for a drain field. On the bottoms, the reasons are flooding and sandy soil that drains too fast to filter wastewater. On the hillsides, they are steep slopes and, in places, hard bedrock about 33 inches down.
On ground like this, the septic tank usually sits on a small flat spot near the house. When nobody knows where it is, we start with septic tank locating and digging. A line that crosses fill or a slope can sag or pull apart at a joint. We dig down to a broken line like that for septic line repair.
Man averages about 51 inches of precipitation a year at its NOAA weather station. July is the wettest month on average, and October is the driest. When heavy rain soaks the drain field, water from the house cannot sink in fast enough. Sinks and tubs slow down, and sewage can back up into the lowest drain.
FEMA's flood map puts part of the low ground in town inside the high-risk flood zone. Logan County has been part of federal flood disaster declarations many times, most recently for storms in February 2025. You can check your own lot on the state's WV Flood Tool.
If sewage is coming up into the house, stop running water and keep people away from it. Then call or text us about emergency septic service, and we tell you when the truck can be there.
In West Virginia, septic permits come from the county health department under the state's sewage rules. For homes in and around Man, that office is the Logan County Health Department in Logan. A new system or a failing drain field calls for a certified septic installer and a permit. We pump the tank and fix the lines, and we tell you when a problem belongs to an installer.
The Census Bureau estimates the typical home in town was built around 1955. In the census tracts around Man, the typical home is newer, and about three in ten are mobile homes. For a home of any age, the state's permit form is where a tank's size and a sketch get recorded. Ask the county health department whether one is on file for your address.
West Virginia law says anyone who digs must call 811 two working days ahead. Weekends and holidays do not count. The utilities then mark their own buried lines. A septic tank and its lines belong to the home, so finding them is a separate job.
Communities and areas we serve around Man: Kistler, Accoville, Amherstdale, Taplin, Lyburn, Greenville, Mallory, Davin, Buffalo Creek Road, Rockhouse Creek Road, Huff Creek.
Man ZIP codes served: 25635.
Man is part of our service area. Tell us about the job and we put the quote in writing.
(304) 436-3409 We dig up broken, crushed, separated or root-filled septic lines and fix them. That covers the line from the house to the tank and the line out of it.
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No locating or tracing equipment. We dig up the sewer line where it leaves the house and follow it out to the tank, then dig down to the lid. From there the tank can be pumped or the line repaired, and we close the hole back.
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We pump and clean grease traps for restaurants and commercial kitchens. We clean residential grease traps too.
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Small plumbing repairs on the septic side of a home, like a line that backs up. Describe the problem when you call or text, and we tell you if it is a job we take.
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Sewage backing up into the house or a septic tank spilling over in the yard is a call we take. We pump the tank and look for the cause.
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Commercial septic pumping for stores, churches, shops, campgrounds and rental properties. We pump these tanks on a schedule set by how the property is used.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Man. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us where the property is and what the septic system is doing. Call or text (304) 436-3409 or send the form, and we get back to you about the job.
Tell us about the septic tank, line or grease trap and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.