Aardvark Septic Services covers Tanner, the community in southern Limestone County between Athens and Decatur. Homes here are largely rural and on septic, and we pump, inspect, locate and repair them. Tanner is right on our path, only a few miles south of Athens. Call (256) 604-9681 for a fixed price.
Tanner sits in southern Limestone County, about four miles south of Athens and roughly nine miles north of Decatur. It is farm country and rural residential, right along the I-65 corridor, and it is one of the closest communities to our Athens base.
Most homes out here run on septic and often well water. With Athens growing south and Decatur growing north, Tanner sits in the middle of a stretch that keeps adding houses, many of them on private systems.
Right between Athens and Decatur
Tanner is on our regular route. When we run south from Athens to Decatur or Morgan County, we go right through Tanner, so a call from here is about as convenient as it gets for us. That means easy scheduling and a short response when something goes wrong.
It is farmland and larger lots, the kind of place where nearly everyone is on a tank and drain field rather than sewer.
Farm ground, clay soil, and your drain field
Southern Limestone County soil is heavy clay that drains slowly, and the seasonal wet ground makes it harder on a drain field. The best protection is simple: keep the tank pumped so solids never reach the field. A typical household tank needs it every three to five years, sooner with a full house or a garbage disposal.
When a field starts failing you get soggy ground and odor. Catch it early with a pump-out and inspection and you usually avoid the big repair.
What we run into in Tanner
- Tanner is in southern Limestone County, about four miles south of Athens and nine miles north of Decatur.
- It sits along the I-65 corridor in farm and rural residential country.
- Most homes here run on septic and often private well water.
- It is one of the closest communities to our Athens base, right on our route south.
Inspections for buyers and sellers
With homes turning over along the I-65 corridor, we do a lot of point-of-sale inspections around Tanner. We pump the tank, open it, and check the system so the buyer, seller and lender all know it is sound. Tell us your closing date and we will schedule around it.
A clean septic inspection keeps a rural home sale moving.
A straight price and an on-time crew
Call (256) 604-9681 and we give you a fixed price over the phone. No surprise charges once we are in the driveway. Being just up the road in Athens, we can usually get to Tanner quickly, and we show up when we say we will. Folks here appreciate the honesty and the fair rate.
That is the whole reputation, and Tanner is close enough that we protect it every trip.
