Sherman is where Advantage Septic Solutions is based, and most of our week is spent within a short drive of the courthouse square: acreage homes off the farm-to-market roads, older places on the edge of town that were never connected to city sewer, and new houses on lots outside the city lines.
The ground here is mostly Blackland Prairie clay. It holds water, it shrinks and cracks in a dry August and swells shut after a wet spring, and it takes effluent slowly. That is a big part of why so many systems around Sherman are aerobic units with spray heads rather than conventional drain fields.
What we do in Sherman
- Septic pumping: Tank pump-outs for homes and businesses, with the tank located, opened and checked while we’re there.
- Aerobic maintenance contracts: Texas aerobic systems need a maintenance contract. We handle the inspections, testing and reports your county requires.
- Septic & aerobic repair: Pumps, aerators, control panels, spray heads, rewiring, lids and risers, on aerobic and conventional systems of every brand.
- New systems & replacements: New septic systems for new homes and replacements for failed ones: aerobic, conventional, low-pressure dosing and evapotranspiration beds.
Around Sherman
Sherman has been growing fast, with new semiconductor plants and the jobs that come with them. More new homes means more new septic permits on the rural edges of town, and more buyers who have never owned a septic system before.
Sherman questions
Septic questions from Sherman.
Do I need a permit to repair my septic system in Sherman?
Usually, yes. Grayson County requires a permit and inspection for the construction, alteration, extension or repair of an on-site sewage facility regardless of tract size. Routine pumping and maintenance-contract visits are different from a repair; call us and we’ll tell you which your job is.
Why is my aerobic system in Sherman so common compared to a drain field?
Two reasons: the Blackland clay around Sherman absorbs effluent slowly, and Grayson County requires aerobic treatment on lots under 2.5 acres. Many homes on smaller acreage simply can’t use a conventional drain field.
Inside Sherman city limits, do I have to connect to sewer?
Grayson County’s OSSF order requires use of a public sewer for property within 100 feet of it unless the County Engineer approves otherwise. Whether city sewer reaches your property is a question for the City of Sherman; we can help with everything on the septic side.
Nearby
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Plus Pottsboro, Van Alstyne, Howe, Gunter, Whitewright and the rest of Grayson County. Full service area.