Jim Westbrook has put in septic systems his whole working life. He has set tanks in the clay and chert of Calhoun County, run field lines through the valleys around Piedmont, and built systems on both sides of the Alabama and Georgia line. Affordable Septic and Plumbing is the company that does that work under his own name.
The work covers the whole system. New septic systems go in for homes across Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia, and failed systems come out and get replaced. Jim holds an Alabama Level II installer license, the advanced level, so the harder jobs land here too: engineered systems for lots that fail a perc test, pump systems, and commercial work like schools. Between those, the everyday calls: tanks repaired, drain fields rebuilt, curtain drains cut in, systems inspected before a sale, and routine pumping.
Three crews and our own equipment keep the schedule real. Call (256) 453-9003. The estimate is free, and it happens at the property, not over the phone.
Piedmont, AL · Calhoun County If the lot needs a soil evaluation, a permit, or an engineered system, you hear it at the estimate, not after the dig starts. The plan is set before a bucket touches dirt.
The number covers the finished state: the dig, the tank, the field lines, the inspection, the backfill and grade. Priced from looking at the actual property, free, never guessed over the phone.
A job ends at smooth ground. The inspector signs off before anything is covered, the trenches get backfilled in lifts, and the yard is graded out and ready for grass.
Jim Westbrook has put in septic systems his whole working life. He has dug through the clay, chert, and shallow rock that sit under Northeast Alabama, and that reading of the ground shapes every system we build.
Jim holds an Alabama Level II installer license, the advanced level. That covers conventional gravity systems, engineered systems for lots that fail a perc test, and large commercial jobs like schools.
Septic permits run through the county health department in Alabama and the county environmental health office in Georgia. We file the right paperwork in the right office and never cover a system before the inspector signs off.
Three crews and our own excavation equipment mean your job gets scheduled and finished. Tank, field lines, pumps, and the drainage that protects them all come from the same company.
From the first phone call to the final grade, here is exactly how it goes.
Tell us what the system is doing, or what the new build needs. We answer questions on the phone and set a time to come out.
We look at the tank, the field, the soil, and the access. Then you get one price for the whole job before any work starts.
We file the septic permit with the county health office where the job needs one, then dig, set, and plumb the work to what the permit calls for.
The inspector signs off before anything is covered. We backfill, grade the ground smooth, and leave the yard ready to seed.
A new build that needs a septic system, a tank that is overdue for a pump out, or a drain field that will not dry up? Call or send the form and we will look at the job with you and price the whole thing. The estimate is free.
Tell us about your project and we will get right back to you.