Septic System Service for Selma, NC and the Railroad Corridor
Precision Septic Systems Inc
Selma was built as a railroad town in 1873 and still has the rails running right through the middle of it. The homes near downtown are mostly on city sewer, but the surrounding subdivisions and the rural belt past US 301 are on private septic. Precision Septic Systems has been handling septic installation, repair, pumping, and inspections for those properties since 1985 out of our shop in Angier.
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Why Selma Trusts Precision Septic Systems Inc
Selma is the kind of town where the same families have owned the same houses for generations. Most of those homeowners want a septic contractor who has been around long enough to know their tank by sight. That has been us since 1985.
Our Services
Septic System Service
Selma’s older neighborhoods sit on settled ground that has carried septic systems for decades. The newer construction north of downtown and the rural parcels along NC 39 sit on different soil profiles. Knowing which is which takes someone who has actually worked the area.
Precision Septic has installed and inspected systems across Johnston County since 1985. Ricky Holland holds Grade IV credentials, the highest installer and inspector certification the State of North Carolina recognizes.
The work stays with one person from the soil test to the final inspection sign-off. That is how real septic system service gets delivered.
Septic Pumping & Waste Management Service
Tank pumping intervals depend on tank size, household occupancy, and water consumption patterns. Selma has older systems that need more frequent service and newer systems that can stretch their cycles. The schedule should match the system, not the calendar.
Precision Septic waste management service pumps residential and commercial tanks across Selma and the rest of Johnston County. We measure rather than guess, and we tell you what your specific tank actually needs.
Selma’s older properties especially benefit from pumping built around the realities of the system rather than a generic three-year cycle.
Plumber
Older Selma homes have generations of plumbing layered over the original installation. When water backs up, the cause could be in the house pipes, in the line to the tank, or in the tank itself. Each requires different work, and finding the right answer matters.
Ricky Holland is one of the few contractors serving Johnston County who carries an NC unlimited plumbing license alongside Grade IV septic certifications. One technician traces the issue from the kitchen drain to the septic infrastructure without calling in a separate plumbing company.
Selma’s mix of historic and modern plumbing makes single-source diagnosis particularly valuable here. Tracing problems through multiple eras of construction takes a generalist, not a specialist.
Drainage Service
Selma sits on relatively flat terrain in central Johnston County, with drainage that ranges from sandy and fast on the upland to clayey and slow in the lower areas. Standing water near a drain field is the early warning that the lot is asking for help.
Precision Septic drainage service brings forty years of excavation experience to those drainage problems. We grade, swale, and reroute water away from septic infrastructure before saturation forces a failure.
Drainage corrections cost less than drain field replacements by an order of magnitude. Catching problems early is the entire game.
The Rich History of Selma
Selma was officially chartered on February 11, 1873 as a railroad town built around a new station on the North Carolina Railroad. Lots were first sold around the station on May 1, 1867, and the town grew up alongside the rail line that connected it to Wilson, Goldsboro, and beyond.
Mitchener Station, built in 1855 and still standing near downtown, is believed to be the oldest surviving train station in North Carolina. Selma Union Depot was constructed in 1924 to serve both the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway, and its V-shape reflects the diagonal crossing of the two rail lines.
Neighborhoods and Streets of Selma
Downtown Selma still revolves around the railroad. The historic depot, the antique district along Anderson Street, and the old downtown commercial buildings all sit within blocks of the tracks.
Community and Lifestyle
Selma falls under the Smithfield-Selma school district, with Smithfield-Selma High School serving area teenagers. The town keeps the rhythm of a working community with antique shopping, downtown events, and Amtrak service that makes Selma one of the smallest towns in the country with a daily passenger train stop.
The annual Railroad Days festival each May celebrates the town’s heritage with food, music, and tours of the historic depot and Mitchener Station.
Getting Around Selma
Selma’s railroad past keeps the town connected by rail, but the modern road network is what most residents and businesses rely on.