Services
Pumping and emergency first. Catch basins, inspections, specialty pumping, and main line work when you need them.
- 01 Backing up right now? 24/7 Emergency Septic Service A live emergency line, answered around the clock. We take an emergency call roughly every other day.
- 02 Due for a pump-out? Septic Tank Pumping Routine pumping for 1,000–1,500 gallon residential tanks across the western Chicago suburbs.
- 03 Standing water or slow drainage? Catch Basin Pumping Residential and commercial catch basin cleaning to keep storm drainage moving.
- 04 Slow drains, odors, or a home sale? Septic Inspection & Diagnosis Diagnose-and-advise visits for slow drains, odors, wet spots, and real-estate transactions.
- 05 Ejector pit or grease basin? Specialty Pumping Ejector pits, sanitary basins, grease basins, triples, and mud pits.
- 06 Sewer line trouble? Main Line Installation & Repair Main sewer line installation and repair, quoted after an on-site inspection.
When that is the job
Repair, fields, pumps, standing water. Same company. Pumping is still the volume.
- 07 Tank leaking or baffles shot? Septic Tank Repair Tank and baffle repairs when pumping is not enough. Quoted after we open it and look.
- 08 Is cleaning different from pumping? Septic Tank Cleaning A thorough pump-out of the tank. Same trucks, same lids — not a different product from pumping.
- 09 Need a new system? Septic System Installation New system installs, permitted through the county. Quoted after a site visit — this is not a phone price.
- 10 Keep it from becoming an emergency? Septic System Maintenance Scheduled pumping and a look at the lids, baffles, and water level — the maintenance that actually prevents backups.
- 11 Pump dead in the tank? Septic Pump Installation Effluent and lift-pump replacement, quoted after we see the existing setup.
- 12 Pump running but not moving water? Septic Pump Repair Diagnose a failing effluent or lift pump. Repair or replace based on what we find.
- 13 Field failed, need a new one? Drain Field & Leach Field Installation New drainfield work, permitted by the county. Quoted after soils and layout are known.
- 14 Wet spot over the field? Drain Field & Leach Field Repair Field repairs when something local failed — not a guarantee we can save a fully failed field.
- 15 Water sitting where it should not? Standing Water Pumping Pump-outs of standing water in basins, pits, and flooded tanks — related to catch-basin and specialty pumping.
- 16 RPZ test due? Backflow Testing RPZ / backflow testing is plumbing work. Ability's sister company A&P Plumbing runs it — we will route the call to the right crew.