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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Princeton has its own sewer plant and sewer lines, but many homes with a Princeton address sit outside the city. The 2020 Census counted about 5,900 people inside the city and about 30,000 across the 24739 and 24740 ZIP codes. Past the end of a sewer line, a home drains to its own septic tank. When that tank goes too long between pumpings, the first sign is often a slow drain or a gurgling toilet.
Honey Dippers pumps septic tanks for homes and businesses, and Princeton is part of our service area. Roderfield sits at the center of that area, about 47 miles from Princeton by US-52 and WV-20. Here we handle septic tank pumping, dig down to buried lids, fix septic lines and clean grease traps. Call or text (304) 436-3409 and tell us what your drains are doing.
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.
Inside the city limits, homes generally drain to public sewer. The Princeton Sanitary Board runs that system, and the city council appoints its leaders. The city's utility page says the board expands sewer lines to keep up with new homes and businesses.
Past the last sewer main, a home treats its own wastewater, most often with a septic tank and drain field. Septic permits for those systems come from the Mercer County Health Department, not the city. A new house past the sewer needs that permit before it is built.
Census estimates date the median home inside the city to 1953. Across the 24740 ZIP the median is 1973, and across 24739 it is 1984. So the newer houses with a Princeton address tend to sit out in the county.
Princeton sits at about 2,400 feet. By NOAA's 30-year averages, the town gets about 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year. Snowfall averages about 24 inches.
The federal soil survey for Mercer County maps Gilpin and Berks soils on the slopes around town. It calls them channery silt loams, which means they hold flat chips of shale and sandstone. The survey rates those soils very limited for septic drain fields, for steep slopes and shallow rock.
On the low, flat ground along the creeks, soils such as Orrville and Lobdell hold water close to the surface. From 2001 to 2025, Mercer County was named in nine federal disaster declarations that included flooding. If the yard is flooded, the EPA says to wait until the ground drains, because pumping can float the tank.
A drain field in that ground has little room for extra solids or extra water. Pumping the tank on schedule takes the sludge out before it reaches the field. A field that has already failed needs a septic installer and a county permit.
Princeton's housing runs old. By Census estimates, more than a third of the city's homes were built before 1940. Out in the county, an older home can hide a tank nobody has opened in years.
The state's design rule calls for a riser on a deep new tank. The riser has to reach within 12 inches of the surface. An older tank can sit deeper, with no riser at all.
The Mercer County Health Department's septic tip sheet tells owners to record where the tank and drain field sit. If you have no record, the county may have a permit sketch on file, so ask there first. Then call us for septic tank locating and digging, and we dig down to the lid.
Tree roots and settling ground can crack or sag the line between a house and its tank. The county's tip sheet warns that roots from nearby trees or shrubs may damage a system. For septic line repair, we dig down to the break and fix the line.
Princeton is the Mercer County seat, just off I-77, with restaurants and commercial kitchens across town. The state's sewage design rules call for grease traps at restaurants with a heavy grease load. We offer grease trap cleaning for Princeton kitchens and pump commercial septic tanks on properties past the sewer.
Communities and areas we serve around Princeton: Mercer Street, Stafford Drive, Athens Road, Oakvale Road, New Hope Road, Glenwood, Green Valley, Gardner, Kegley, Lake Shawnee, Athens, Oakvale.
Princeton ZIP codes served: 24740, 24739.
Princeton 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 Princeton. 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.